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<blockquote data-quote="yesnomu" data-source="post: 4664470" data-attributes="member: 77306">Absolutely! Again, only if you don't want to ask your GM for Light or buy a magic lantern or something.Dude, it's an imagination game. What's it hurt to say &quot;I'm making that torch shine brightly&quot;?&nbsp;Enjoying yourself? Playing a character concept you came up with? Not letting yourself be dragged down by The Man's character classes?All what doubt? I'm not talking about changing mechanical aspects (though you can, just ask the GM), just the fluff. What exactly isn't fair about it? They can do the exact same thing! Hell, they ought to!If I were your DM, I'd be thrilled that you were so invested in your character that you wanted to make the game suit them. As long as there wasn't a power disparity, I would absolutely allow changes like that.&nbsp;Real-life example: The paladin in our party is a bit of a WoW fanatic, so he renamed and flavored his powers to be more like a Death Knight's. So he's always coming around and using powers like &quot;Dark Mending!&quot; (Lay on Hands) and &quot;Life-Sapping Strike!&quot; (Invig. Smite) We roll our eyes at the cliche, but we don't have a problem with it and neither does the GM. Is he being selfish because he's playing the character he wants with the tools at his disposal? I personally don't think so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yesnomu, post: 4664470, member: 77306"] Absolutely! Again, only if you don't want to ask your GM for Light or buy a magic lantern or something. Dude, it's an imagination game. What's it hurt to say "I'm making that torch shine brightly"? Enjoying yourself? Playing a character concept you came up with? Not letting yourself be dragged down by [B]The Man[/B]'s character classes? All what doubt? I'm not talking about changing mechanical aspects (though you can, just ask the GM), just the fluff. What exactly isn't fair about it? They can do the exact same thing! Hell, they ought to! If I were your DM, I'd be thrilled that you were so invested in your character that you wanted to make the game suit them. As long as there wasn't a power disparity, I would absolutely allow changes like that. Real-life example: The paladin in our party is a bit of a WoW fanatic, so he renamed and flavored his powers to be more like a Death Knight's. So he's always coming around and using powers like "Dark Mending!" (Lay on Hands) and "Life-Sapping Strike!" (Invig. Smite) We roll our eyes at the cliche, but we don't have a problem with it and neither does the GM. Is he being selfish because he's playing the character he wants with the tools at his disposal? I personally don't think so. [/QUOTE]

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