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It has finally occurred to me that we might be dealing with different types of personal philosophies that go beyond D&D in general. If true, that would mean coming to a total understanding of different perspectives would be beyond the scope of a D&D discussion. So, I'll test that hypothesis.
The following scenarios are not analogies for D&D. These are intended to be viewed independently. (We already know it's in context of this thread, but forget about it for purposes of how you would respond.)
1. You are invited to a party. Your host and some of his/her friends don't <fill in the blank (smoke, drink, eat gluten, listen to rap, whatever)> and request that people not bring such things to the party.
Would you consider the that the host is being a jerk or out of line by not allowing certain things at his party?
2. You are invited to a themed-party (costume, birthday, Super Bowl, Star Trek, etc). The host asks you to bring your <fill in blank with appropriate implements of recreation>.
If it were a Star Trek party on Super Bowl Sunday, would you ask people to turn off Star Trek so you could watch the Super Bowl?
If it were a Super Bowl party, would you start DJing your "best of Star Trek" collection in the background? Would you feel the host was being a jerk if he asked you to stop?
3. You and a bunch of friends meet up "to hang out and have some fun." One of you is driving. The driver insist on going where he wants to go, and tells anyone who doesn't want to do it that he'll drop them off at their home, but it's his car and he's driving it to where he want to go.
Would you consider him to be being a jerk?
Double counter-nitpick: The Princess Arc isn't an airplane either. The Beagle, however, was at least a space vessel even if it didn't actually have any shuttle craft (which would be really strange... and yes, I know a crashed space ship that imploded in the setting's history and is rarely even mentioned directly isn't the same thing as a spelljammer.)Nitpick: an airplane isn't a space shuttle.
The correct answer, to all of these, is that if you ask leading questions, you should expect people to fight the hypotheticals.
But I won't (take that as you will).
We had a LARP Vampire game that had a smokeing area, but had a very hard no drinking alchoal and no drug policy. To the point that if the head story teller smelled alchoal on your breath you were asked to leave. We all thought it was a bit odd...
And, I'll note that the question of other players got swept away in the scrum. So, I'll ask again. Does anyone actually consult other players when creating their character? Have you ever told another player (not as the DM, but, just as a fellow player) that they can't play that character because you don't like it?
I suppose I'm just a bit surprised to see folks that I would consider creative be so closed-minded to certain things without there being a strong reason for it.
It's not a lack of creativity, but a preference to fulfill a specific vision.
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It's not a lack of creativity, but a preference to fulfill a specific vision.