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<blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 2116016" data-attributes="member: 2002">To be honest, I once knew a guy who would pull stuff like that, but his intention was to be petty and mean.&nbsp; If you couldn't talk like the smoothest Bard on the planet and talk him into whatever you were trying to do, he didn't want you playing a Bard, because YOU were incapable of playing a Bard.&nbsp; I disagree with that sentiment.I agree 100% with the &quot;only if it disrupts the game&quot; sentiment expressed above.&nbsp; I've told two people in the past that they couldn't play certain classes in my game.The first was an old friend who only EVER played Rangers.&nbsp; Not because he was RPing them as &quot;rangers&quot;, but because a&gt; He was a LotR nut and b&gt; He grew up on 2e where you may as well play a Ranger over a Fighter because of the extra abilities.&nbsp; After some bad play in one&nbsp; campaign (where he acted very un-ranger-like), I suggested that I wouldn't let him play a Ranger in the next game, that I'd like very much for him to try playing something else.The second was a new friend who was playing a Psion/Bard and not doing very well with managing his skills and RPing (to the point of disrupting the game).&nbsp; Since he was fairly new to D&amp;D, I told him that I wouldn't let him play a character like that in my next game and suggested that he play something more basic, so that he could get a better handle on things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chimera, post: 2116016, member: 2002"] To be honest, I once knew a guy who would pull stuff like that, but his intention was to be petty and mean. If you couldn't talk like the smoothest Bard on the planet and talk him into whatever you were trying to do, he didn't want you playing a Bard, because YOU were incapable of playing a Bard. I disagree with that sentiment. I agree 100% with the "only if it disrupts the game" sentiment expressed above. I've told two people in the past that they couldn't play certain classes in my game. The first was an old friend who only EVER played Rangers. Not because he was RPing them as "rangers", but because a> He was a LotR nut and b> He grew up on 2e where you may as well play a Ranger over a Fighter because of the extra abilities. After some bad play in one campaign (where he acted very un-ranger-like), I suggested that I wouldn't let him play a Ranger in the next game, that I'd like very much for him to try playing something else. The second was a new friend who was playing a Psion/Bard and not doing very well with managing his skills and RPing (to the point of disrupting the game). Since he was fairly new to D&D, I told him that I wouldn't let him play a character like that in my next game and suggested that he play something more basic, so that he could get a better handle on things. [/QUOTE]

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