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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 9811206" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>To be fair, I tend to make subtractions mostly to keep my own sanity. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I have trouble with 5e and how incredibly high magic it is, so, my ban list tends to be in the service of reining in the massive amount of magic in the setting.</p><p></p><p>I have to admit though, I don't generally ban species too often. My groups have been circus troupes since the 1e days. Minotaurs, ogres, wemics, rakasta, and a shed load of others. Heck, as a player, I usually pick human, not because I'm not into the weird, but, because by choosing human, I'm the most unique PC in the group. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> It's the same reason my characters always come from loving homes and have healthy, loving relationships with their family. I just want to stand out from the crowd. </p><p></p><p>I mean, heck, even in the current PC lineup of my Out of the Abyss game, the Dragonborn was sold into slavery by his sister, the human warlock was sold into slavery by his adoptive family and employer, the goblin has a horrifically abusive back story, as does the half-orc. Every character has these troubled histories with all sorts abuse and betrayal. So, not only are they a circus troupe - they're a broken circus troupe.</p><p></p><p>I like to swim against the stream and make an entirely "normal" character that has chosen the life of adventure out of other reasons than horrific abuse and betrayal. </p><p></p><p>But, yeah, the whole "circus troupe" thing is not new at all. At least, not for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 9811206, member: 22779"] To be fair, I tend to make subtractions mostly to keep my own sanity. :D I have trouble with 5e and how incredibly high magic it is, so, my ban list tends to be in the service of reining in the massive amount of magic in the setting. I have to admit though, I don't generally ban species too often. My groups have been circus troupes since the 1e days. Minotaurs, ogres, wemics, rakasta, and a shed load of others. Heck, as a player, I usually pick human, not because I'm not into the weird, but, because by choosing human, I'm the most unique PC in the group. :D It's the same reason my characters always come from loving homes and have healthy, loving relationships with their family. I just want to stand out from the crowd. I mean, heck, even in the current PC lineup of my Out of the Abyss game, the Dragonborn was sold into slavery by his sister, the human warlock was sold into slavery by his adoptive family and employer, the goblin has a horrifically abusive back story, as does the half-orc. Every character has these troubled histories with all sorts abuse and betrayal. So, not only are they a circus troupe - they're a broken circus troupe. I like to swim against the stream and make an entirely "normal" character that has chosen the life of adventure out of other reasons than horrific abuse and betrayal. But, yeah, the whole "circus troupe" thing is not new at all. At least, not for me. [/QUOTE]
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