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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 6735961" data-attributes="member: 4881">Sorry if I wasn't clear in my previous posts.  I am speaking from the seat of the GM, not as a player.  I would never suggest that players start randomly changing things in spell descriptions and just start using those new spells without talking to the GM first.I will say that, as a GM, I would rarely say "NO" to any proposed alternate spell that just changed damage type.  Something as simple as Fireball could easily be a Thunderball or Necroball.  Wall of Fire could be a Wall of Lightning or Radiant Wall if the spell fit the caster's theme.  This doesn't mean that all of a sudden hundreds of wizards all of a sudden have learned Radiant Wall, but Galstaff The Sorcerer of Light might have that in his spellbook.Some spells do not make sense to alter, however, such as Vampiric Touch.  The only element type that would make sense to substitute would be Radiant Touch, and I would allow that if I fit a characters theme.  I wouldn't allow Flaming Touch or Acid Touch to heal the caster.I am aware that the world is full of power gamers, however, and I would NOT allow characters to freely change spells for reasons solely for power gaming.  Jimmy the Conjurer does not get to change fireball to radiantball just because he finds himself in Vampire Castle and later back to Fireball on Water Elemental Island.</blockquote>