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<blockquote data-quote="Ashrum the Black" data-source="post: 4286668" data-attributes="member: 1585">I'd have to say that here I disagree very stongly. It's the DM's job to judciate the game so that everybody has fun. To say no and enforce the rules when needed. And to say yes when the rules need to be broken to facilitate the fun.The DM's job isn't simply provide cardboard XP cutout of creatures for the players to destroy. It's also his job to make the world a place that has its own internal consistency and is fun to adventrue in.So, no, you can't play a gun wielding, cigar chomping fighter in our high fantasy game. But yes, you can when we're playing Iron Kingdoms. Now if the player has their aboslute heart set on the gunfighter archtype, we'll work to come up with a substitute, such as a knife fighter that fulfills the same function, or a wand weilding rogue. But full on gun bunny, no.Yes the example is a bit extreme, but it's there to illustrate the point that sometimes the players requests are extreme and a no is appropriate. On the other hand saying no out of hand just because it is a player request is also out of line and is definitly the mark of a bad DM in my book.-Ashrum</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ashrum the Black, post: 4286668, member: 1585"] I'd have to say that here I disagree very stongly. It's the DM's job to judciate the game so that everybody has fun. To say no and enforce the rules when needed. And to say yes when the rules need to be broken to facilitate the fun. The DM's job isn't simply provide cardboard XP cutout of creatures for the players to destroy. It's also his job to make the world a place that has its own internal consistency and is fun to adventrue in. So, no, you can't play a gun wielding, cigar chomping fighter in our high fantasy game. But yes, you can when we're playing Iron Kingdoms. Now if the player has their aboslute heart set on the gunfighter archtype, we'll work to come up with a substitute, such as a knife fighter that fulfills the same function, or a wand weilding rogue. But full on gun bunny, no. Yes the example is a bit extreme, but it's there to illustrate the point that sometimes the players requests are extreme and a no is appropriate. On the other hand saying no out of hand just because it is a player request is also out of line and is definitly the mark of a bad DM in my book. -Ashrum [/QUOTE]

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