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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8571233" data-attributes="member: 67338">I have a newish player.  He came in 3/4 of the way through our last campaign and played a normal character. We started a new campaign and he asked to modified ranger slightly to be more of an urban ranger, and I read like 5 pages of his flavor text changes for like 3 mechanical changes, and I said OK.Now we are preping for a new campaign (he has been gaming with us a year and has been a perfect player no complaints, no spotlight hogging, and no major power gaming) and he has asked again to modified a class... but this is MORE.he wants to be a sorcerer. However instead of taking from the sorcerer spell list he wants 1 bard cantrip, and the rest (including all when leveled) to come from the Druid list.  He wants to forgo the normal subclass and in it's place get a specialized animal companion that will be limited to a CR that if he were a druid he could wild shape into, but follow the rules from pact of the chain warlock. and at level 6 he would get the misty escape of a 6th level fey lock, and at 14th level he would get the 10th level beguiling defense of the fey lock.  SO he would have meta magic, sorcerer spells known (but from druid spell list)except he wants <a href="https://5thsrd.org/spellcasting/spells/vicious_mockery/" target="_blank">Vicious Mockery</a> as a pick.He has a backstory that is rife with stuff for me to play with... but that is a lot to unpack for a 'can I make some changes' that feels more like "can I make my own class"      The rest of my players have been with me 10 years, 18 years, and just over 20 years. Over those years and all the editions we have all asked for 'can I just twist this rule' but not all the time... and this is out of 3 characters the 2nd time he has.   This guy seems to be cool but I need some input before I ask the guys.His background: his mother was a fey spirit like a nymph. His father was an elven bladesinger... his father is part of a noble line, he has his  father (and his grandmother before that)'s moon blade.  His father's wife is also an elven senator and wizard... his half siblings include 2 who are following in his footsteps (twins who are want to be bladesingers, and a son who is apprentice to the mother).  His half siblings treat him okay but distrust him, and the mother of his half siblings hate him as a reminder her husband cheated on her.  He mechanicly is taking the 'custom linage' from elf but wants this custom class to go with it</blockquote>

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