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<blockquote data-quote="Stormborn" data-source="post: 3678729" data-attributes="member: 14041">Of course.&nbsp; The question, however, is not either can you or should you, its why do some people want to follow it and some do not?&nbsp; The answer comes down ultimatelly to a matter of percieved value.&nbsp; Some percieve the value of the published setting to be superior to any modification that a particular GM might make and some do not. Some people like chocolate and some do not.&nbsp; The only issue comes up from the fact that the game we play is a shared experiance and a GM must determine the expectations and desires of his oh her players before making the decision to break with canon or not, in much the same way that a host must decide what to serve his guests.&nbsp; Its perfectly valid to ask someone to try something, but you must also consider what they have expressed in the past.&nbsp; And unlike a single meal, or serving of icecream, violation or adherance to canon in a campaign setting effects long term decisions about what people do with their time.&nbsp; Therefore, in the end, its a matter of personal opinion, but if you want to have a succeful game you need to consider other peoples' opinion when making a decision and acknowledge that there opinion has just as much validity as your own.&nbsp; Then you can choose to comprmise or play with someone else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormborn, post: 3678729, member: 14041"] Of course. The question, however, is not either can you or should you, its why do some people want to follow it and some do not? The answer comes down ultimatelly to a matter of percieved value. Some percieve the value of the published setting to be superior to any modification that a particular GM might make and some do not. Some people like chocolate and some do not. The only issue comes up from the fact that the game we play is a shared experiance and a GM must determine the expectations and desires of his oh her players before making the decision to break with canon or not, in much the same way that a host must decide what to serve his guests. Its perfectly valid to ask someone to try something, but you must also consider what they have expressed in the past. And unlike a single meal, or serving of icecream, violation or adherance to canon in a campaign setting effects long term decisions about what people do with their time. Therefore, in the end, its a matter of personal opinion, but if you want to have a succeful game you need to consider other peoples' opinion when making a decision and acknowledge that there opinion has just as much validity as your own. Then you can choose to comprmise or play with someone else. [/QUOTE]

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