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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 6747972" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I find it truly sad that so many DMs define a rigid comfort zone and not only never go outside it, but consider it a matter of pride not to do so.Saying, &quot;I like X more&quot; is perfectly fine. Saying stuff like &quot;I never ever in a million billion years would use Y, no matter what, ever, and if you like those things you're just SOL in my game&quot; is just...well, like I said. I find it sad. If all fantasy-universe-creators adhered so rigidly to a single doctrine, it would be a dead genre.Plus, if we're really going for that food analogy, don't forget that this is &quot;I'm going to fix exactly the same extremely common dish with minimal spices every week.&quot; I mean, sure, free food (though again, the DM at best cooks up only half the stuff, seeing as how you're still using the characters and, frequently, monsters provided by the game-makers), I'm just not sure how people can eat the same thing, every night, forever, and be not just happy but proud of it--even, in the worst cases, mocking those who don't have such rigidly-defined, sharply-delimited comfort zones.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 6747972, member: 6790260"] I find it truly sad that so many DMs define a rigid comfort zone and not only never go outside it, but consider it a matter of [I]pride[/I] not to do so. Saying, "I like X more" is perfectly fine. Saying stuff like "I [I]never ever in a million billion years[/I] would use Y, no matter what, ever, and if you like those things you're just SOL in my game" is just...well, like I said. I find it sad. If all fantasy-universe-creators adhered so rigidly to a single doctrine, it would be a dead genre. Plus, if we're really going for that food analogy, don't forget that this is "I'm going to fix exactly the same extremely common dish with minimal spices every week." I mean, sure, free food (though again, the DM at best cooks up only half the stuff, seeing as how you're still using the characters and, frequently, monsters provided by the game-makers), I'm just not sure how people can eat the same thing, every night, forever, and be not just happy but [I]proud[/I] of it--even, in the worst cases, [I]mocking[/I] those who don't have such rigidly-defined, sharply-delimited comfort zones. [/QUOTE]

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