#DnD DMs of the #Fediverse: Have you ever made a PC race illegal?

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I am feeling inspired by #mcdm_productions worldbuilding where all Dragonborn have a bounty on their heads, which was set by the current king. I would like to do something similar in mine with Orcs, but I’m not sure how to handle that lore-wise.

  • Toes♀
    4·
    6 months ago

    My DMs have always banned flying characters.

    Is that common?

    • darreninthenet@lemmy.sdf.org
      3·
      6 months ago

      I allow flying races but I insist they have in their background story a reason why they can’t fly right now, and I’ll bring it into the story and play later on so the character can do something to regain their flight when they get to the level I’ve decided they can have flight in this campaign (usually 8-11)

    • Xilabar the Dice Goblin@dice.campOP
      2·
      6 months ago

      @Toes
      Not what I’m asking. I’m asking for lore ideas, like why would the King have outlawed Orcs and put a Bounty on their heads.

      But is is common for flying characters to be banned. Not sure why. Everybody can get a bow or crossbow, and there’s no cover up there.

      • XM34@feddit.de
        2·
        6 months ago

        For me it’s more about trivializing certain puzzles. Pretty much everything with a chasm gets reduced to “I pick up a rope and fly over there.”. Sometimes, that’s ok, but sometimes I don’t want it to be that simple.

        Well, life has gotten a whole lot simpler, since I stopped DMing DnD altogether.