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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thundershield" data-source="post: 3910474" data-attributes="member: 55219">Indeed, being able to set mechanical terms aside for the sake of your character's concept is something anyone should be able to. As long as it plays right and mechanically gets you what you want, one shouldn't be bothered if it says "Rogue/Fighter" or "<s>Rogue/Fighter</s> Iaijutsu Master" on the character sheet.The Rogue/Fighter would be an excellent "core only" Iaijutsu Master adaptation as Evasion and a high number of ranks in Bluff could represent the quick wit, and Improved Feint would represent the utilitization of this quick wit in combat, enabling the character to strike decisive blows where the opponent is the weakest - just like Iaijutsu Masters do.The game mechanical terms are merely fluff for easy reference. If we took your example to the extreme that player might complain that the game doesn't let him express that his character has an amazing reaction speed, because "Improved Initiative" sounds wrong. It should've been called "Improved Reaction Speed" for him..Seriously, it's just names for stuff to we all can understand and easily reference what we're talking about. That's the reason we're have this community based on this system - because we can talk about it in a language we all understand. Simply set yourself beyond that in your own game and call your abilities whatever suits you to get the right feel for the game, and revert to the mechanical terms when talking with someone from outside your gaming group.</blockquote>

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