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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8168283" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Exactly what it says on the tin. Do the customizable origin rules allow players to choose the aesthetic appearance and cultural details of their character, completely independent of the mechanics involved? (Possible exception for different sizes, since I recognize that's more difficult to square.)So, for example, if someone wanted to play an elf mechanically, but look like a tiefling aesthetically, do the rules as written in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything support such a thing? Or perhaps looking like a dragonborn, but having the statistics of a half-orc or half-elf or something.Again, just to be completely clear, I am asking if the rules-as-written specifically permit a situation like &quot;I'm playing an earth genasi mechanically, but thematically my character is a dwarf.&quot; Obviously, if your DM is on board, you can do whatever the heck you like, and if your DM vetoes it, the point is moot. I'm just curious what people think about this, since the rules text seems open to either answer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8168283, member: 6790260"] Exactly what it says on the tin. Do the customizable origin rules allow players to choose the aesthetic appearance and cultural details of their character, completely independent of the mechanics involved? (Possible exception for different sizes, since I recognize that's more difficult to square.) So, for example, if someone wanted to play an elf mechanically, but look like a tiefling aesthetically, do the rules as written in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything support such a thing? Or perhaps looking like a dragonborn, but having the statistics of a half-orc or half-elf or something. Again, just to be completely clear, I am asking if the rules-as-written specifically permit a situation like "I'm playing an earth genasi [I]mechanically[/I], but [I]thematically[/I] my character is a dwarf." Obviously, if your DM is on board, you can do whatever the heck you like, and if your DM vetoes it, the point is moot. I'm just curious what people think about this, since the rules text seems open to either answer. [/QUOTE]

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