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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6772568" data-attributes="member: 6677017">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?In which of those scenarios would you assume the host/driver was being selfish?That would be really awesome.I'm not sure that's entirely correct, but it may be a matter of opinion. The way I remember it, back in 2e all AD&D campaign worlds (including Athas) were officially in the same multiverse. They didn't have to say it--it was just assumed as the default. So Dark Sun was always a part of the multiverse, it's just that they didn't mention how it related to arcane space in the boxed set. It was a Sage Advice answer in Dragon where I read about the closed sphere explanation. (I didn't have the revised set.)I feel exactly the same way (well, not about the same settings). I would feel unbelievably selfish if I tried to get them to change their game to accommodate me.Absolutely.</blockquote>

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