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I have a bit of a problem on which I need some advice.
I'm DMing my first PbP and am overwhelmed with good candidate PCs. I've narrowed down from around 25 to 12 good ones and want to get down to 7 or 8.
Here's my problem:
One of the PCs I'd like to leave off is the Player who had the idea for the campaign in the first place. In many ways it's that player's game! The PC doesn't fit as well as most of the other PCs and I feel I have to trim down a few good choices anyway.
From a moral standpoint, what do I do?

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Well, my advice, do what's best. Apologize to him and give him a chance later on. Otherwise, if he doesn't fit, just boot him. I'm sure he's had similar problems before, I Have! But if you don't want to truly kill his dreams, ask him to change his character according to what is needed.. And by the way, I do hope you don't kick my character off. :)