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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5387155" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Yes, and by both refluffing powers and building your character with his background in mind so that you use mechanics that evoke the appropriate feel of your character you can reproduce much of this kind of thing in 4e without any significant problem. The most important thing you need to do as a DM is make sure the players are well informed about the options and the story behind their chosen places in the world. It really can work quite well. In fact in many ways it can work better than dictating setting-related constraints by rule. This tended to be an area where L5R could get a bit in your way. Often the best approach is to tell the player what would be considered typical and then let them come up with something and explain why they are say a Moto clan water shukenja with a fire spell. Give the setting to the players and they'll actually get possessive enough about it to make it work well (and if they don't then a fine setting is likely lost on swine).</p></blockquote><p></p>