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Explain to me how it's problematic for you that being a Gnome he is naturally inclined towards fire but has the influence of a water or whatever other elemental in their bloodline history somewhere. Yet having the influence of a tree people in his passed (flammable) giving him the Verdant bloodline would not be a problem for you at all? Unless you see that these two areas of the character are unrelated and do not interact.

His gnomish magic is fire
His bloodline is something else

Gnomish magic racial trait =/= bloodlines.

Dms have a right to have fun of course(I am one from time to time), that doesn't change that their job is to make the game fun and stopping players doing what they want for no other reason than the character concept doesn't perfectly fit into what your idea of a sorcerer can be isn't a good way of facilitating that fun.

As a general rule saying 'yes' or 'let's try' is good saying 'your idea is weird and illegal' is not.

You'll never have to worry about having me at your table so I don't see how that comment is relevant.
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I think I understand now. It was my poor word choice that set this in motion. My apologies on that account. A more accurate & neutral tone would have been far wordier, but would have given me more of the information I needed. Your last posted was actually helpful, and I do honestly appreciate your response in this case.

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However, I can't see how that a gnome with pyromaniac would take a non- fire elemental bloodline. Is this even legal?

Suggests complication is the problem he is having. Furthermore he signed off on a mystic theurge, if anything is complex that is, not having a bloodline and a racial trait that don't mesh in a cookie cutter way.

Guessing at my motivations isn't going to achieve anything and you're probably not going to get the write answer so I'd suggest not bothering.

Chromatic Durgon, I think you are getting me wrong. Literally any other bloodline would not have bothered me (though Boreal would have had me thinking interesting, what's the story). My problem was having a player tell me that "yeah, my gnomish magic is fire, but really, it's not, my bloodline is X element." If you think me narrow minded or cookie cutter, you are dead wrong. But your attitude is so off-putting, that if I had to have you at a table, I would not volunteer to DM. As a DM, I have a right to have fun too if I am going to put a lot of time & effort into running. Just an FYI.

Thank you for the constructive comments. I had assumed the racial traits were inherent and might had potential rules conflict. I can see that really, my situation is likely to just generate internal character conflict from being dual natured. I do want to hear what backstory the player has in mind to define/describe his character. Hopefully, it is something interesting like "My pc is like the Paul Atreides of the gnome world" vs something like, "uh, my pc is like insane & stuff. He has split personalties & stuff". As a new GM, I' am hoping for fun sessions, not sessions full of face-palms.

I appreciate all the input. I still can't quite grasp what a racial trait "is". My basic response to the player was " that was unexpected, I'll need some kind of backstory on this. . ."

I am a new GM and I have a player who wants to make a gnome fire & x Mystic Theurge. The basic idea is to build an Oracle with the fire mystery and a sorcerer with a non-fire elemental bloodline. However, I can't see how that a gnome with pyromaniac would take a non- fire elemental bloodline. Is this even legal?