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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 2418471" data-attributes="member: 5143">No, but he is the one who asked that the character be made in the first place and the one who enabled it to be something other than a story written on a piece of paper.  Once it enters his world, it becomes part of the world, whether you like it or not.  He has now existed since before you started playing him and will continue to exist after you finish playing him. I agree, completely contradicting what is written is bad. (although not impossible, the DM still has absolute power over even the characters)  If the character's background doesn't specify what happened to his family though, and the DM just makes it up without consulting you, is that bad? This is just one example, most characters in a game are HEAVILY influenced by the DM.  When the DM says you cannot take this PrC or this feat or this spell, he is restricting your options for your character background and personality.  He is really giving you advice on how to make a character.  When he says the game takes place in Greyhawk, in the County of Urnst, that further gives you further advice and actually fairly restricts your choices.  It means certain things are accepted: drow are evil, the population is mostly human, elves are mostly restricted to their own country, etc.  If you write a background that disagrees with any part of the world, the DM will likely make you rewrite it.  Even if the DM hasn't told you to rewrite anything, he has collabarated in that character just by telling you his house rules and the setting.</blockquote>

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