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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 6106981" data-attributes="member: 23935">Define 'best'.  Most skilled?  Most talented?  Most loyal?  Best equipped?  Cheapest?  Some composite of those qualities?  Does it preclude race, gender, religious belief, age range, or legal status?  How does the DM know what you consider best?Let's say you tell the DM to give you the six best and he gives you the six best warriors.  Later on something happens -- the party is stopped because one of the member is a wanted criminal, an escaped serf, running from an arranged marriage, running from the local Thieves' guild, etc.  or if it becomes apparent that one or more members have a diametric alignment to the group and the player no longer trusts the warriors.  Do you fell wronged?  Should any or all of those categories have counted against the 'best'?If the player participates then the player can provide whatever due diligence he feels necessary and appropriate.  He can restrict potential effect he doesn't want to occur and prioritise competing attributes as he sees fit.  If the player passes on the privilege, he should understand the DM is not in a position to offer the same prioritization and you'll get six chosen that the DM thinks you'd choose as best.IME, the scene is generally offered to allow the players to have a say in the choice since there can be ramifications later and players can get irked if consequences appear where player choice was absent but reasonable.  You shouldn't be forced to play it out, but you should be willing to accept any consequence of your deferred choices.</blockquote>

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