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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9805458" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>I'm really not following how right or wrong enters into this? We're talking about play preferences. Are you saying my play preferences are wrong?</p><p></p><p>And, in case anyone thinks I'm ragging on my current crop of players, that's very much not true. I remember back in the early 2000's, running a Scarred Lands campaign. Now, in Scarred Lands, elves have a very specific history. Their god is dead. Their god was murdered by a Titan in front of thousands of witnesses. That's the whole schtick for elves in Scarred Lands is that they no longer have a god and they are now the last generation. After the current generation of elves die, they go extinct. It's very much a thing in Scarred Lands.</p><p></p><p>So, I have a player who plays an elven barbarian. Bit weird given the description of elves in Scarred Lands, but, fair enough, I can work with this. Then, a few levels in, he declares he wants to take some PrC from Book of Exalted Deeds - something something of Gwynherwif (and I KNOW I didn't spell that right). Basically a holy barbarian whose rage is granted by a god.</p><p></p><p>I point out that this PrC very much does not fit in Scarred Lands. Player insists he wants to play it. I point out that this is directly contrary to everything in the setting. Player insists he wants to play it. Mind you, this isn't session 0. This is several levels into the campaign - it's a PrC, we've been playing this campaign for several months by this time and this is the first he's brought it up.</p><p></p><p>He continues to bitch and complain about how he can't get this PrC until I finally cave because I just really can't be asked to fight about it anymore. </p><p></p><p>This is my usual experience as a DM in pretty much every single campaign I've ever run since 1e. So, yeah, now? I just shrug and ignore it. I don't care anymore. Settings are disposable. If the players aren't going to invest fifteen minutes into the setting, why should I?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9805458, member: 22779"] I'm really not following how right or wrong enters into this? We're talking about play preferences. Are you saying my play preferences are wrong? And, in case anyone thinks I'm ragging on my current crop of players, that's very much not true. I remember back in the early 2000's, running a Scarred Lands campaign. Now, in Scarred Lands, elves have a very specific history. Their god is dead. Their god was murdered by a Titan in front of thousands of witnesses. That's the whole schtick for elves in Scarred Lands is that they no longer have a god and they are now the last generation. After the current generation of elves die, they go extinct. It's very much a thing in Scarred Lands. So, I have a player who plays an elven barbarian. Bit weird given the description of elves in Scarred Lands, but, fair enough, I can work with this. Then, a few levels in, he declares he wants to take some PrC from Book of Exalted Deeds - something something of Gwynherwif (and I KNOW I didn't spell that right). Basically a holy barbarian whose rage is granted by a god. I point out that this PrC very much does not fit in Scarred Lands. Player insists he wants to play it. I point out that this is directly contrary to everything in the setting. Player insists he wants to play it. Mind you, this isn't session 0. This is several levels into the campaign - it's a PrC, we've been playing this campaign for several months by this time and this is the first he's brought it up. He continues to bitch and complain about how he can't get this PrC until I finally cave because I just really can't be asked to fight about it anymore. This is my usual experience as a DM in pretty much every single campaign I've ever run since 1e. So, yeah, now? I just shrug and ignore it. I don't care anymore. Settings are disposable. If the players aren't going to invest fifteen minutes into the setting, why should I? [/QUOTE]
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