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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darjr" data-source="post: 4512939" data-attributes="member: 52905">Let me say, first, that when I saw the powers in the PHB that night I brought the book home, my heart sank.I didn't like it one bit. It seemed contrived and gimmicky and fiddly and that I'd never know it all, and didn't want to.I'm still not entirely happy with powers. I marvel at what it accomplishes at the table, I really do like how it can work, but I sympathize with those that it strikes as 'off'.I do, now, like the powers mechanic in part because I've realized I don't need to know them all, I don't even need to really know my own powers by heart. For me the format of them makes it easy to reference on my character sheet or, before a good char sheet, keep my thumb in the PHB. (note, using a good character sheet with room for full descriptions, or cards, is a really good idea)Making up new fluff started as an accident with me, I didn't know it, and had just written down the name and mechanics, so I faked it. I threw something out on the fly. It was 'Sacred Flame' and I just started saying 'TeBeDi wispers a prayer "May Ilmatar bless you and show us the light"' or a variation thereof. Invention being mom and all that.Yea, don't do that. Reflavoring the entire ruleset, I agree, would be very annoying.</blockquote>