Quote from: Spinachcat;1004231I applaud Dungeon Masters who limit the classes and races for their campaign.

I much prefer a focused campaign. I find the play-anything-hodge-podge to be too often overly generic.

Back in 2e, I played a terrific Dwarf-Only AD&D campaign that was tremendously fun, clearly enhanced by the limitations on chargen.

Quote from: Dumarest;999114Fortunately it was nearly impossible to roll the needed scores and achieve the needed levels to become a hard so it was always a moot point when I used to play AD&D. You were better off playing a fighter and strapping on a lute  and calling yourself a bard or minstrel or whatever.

Quote from: Spike;1004140Or, you know, you could just let players play the characters they want to play instead of worrying about if they're enjoying being bloodthirsty killers just a little too much.  Just a thought.

I've done skill-based systems exclusively for 35 years now.  And the number of times people have reacted with "But what if they choose to play THAT??" horror ... eeesh.  (Certainly about ten times as often as anyone designs Johnny One-Note characters.)

The way I deal with this dreadful syndrome is threefold: (a) I explain that in my campaign, a great deal of action takes place outside of combat, and a combat-only character is going to be up the creek 80% of the time; (b) all the same, I let people design to their own tastes; and (c) they either swing with it or trade out when they get bored, the end.