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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dykstrav" data-source="post: 5138236" data-attributes="member: 40522">1. The short answer is that because someone that gets to make these sorts of decisions decided that deva couture should be consistent and instantly recognizable. As far as within the logic of the setting... It's probably something that we should get creative about. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I suppose that it's possible that deva could instinctively recall how to make these things through half-remembered visions of their past, and they make them themselves when they get the appropriate materials. After all, there isn't a Craft skill to hold them back in 4E. If you wanted to, you could tie it to the flavor of the setting and say that it's sort of a rite of passage, where they recall enough of their heroic destiny to fashion their wings in a ritual and take up an adventuring life.2. I think that many players don't really care about how their characters got their clothing, regardless of their background. 4E seems very big on "it's just supposed to happen." I personally worry about consistency and logical explanations (including things like how entire tribes of humanoids and assorted beasts can live in barren ruins without a supply of food and water), but I am also aware that the vast majority of players just don't care about such things. I suppose that it's also possible that deva find their old set of wings from a previous incarnation or something, but the art style in various illustrations of deva definitely tie the look of the wings to the particular deva's wardrobe.Honestly, I don't like the idea of a character walking around with huge chunks of finely worked metal hanging off of their back. It'd have to be either paper-thin leaf (and thus, extremely flimsy), or the weight would be burdensome. Even if the wings were made of lighter material, they would prove odd and cumbersome in many situations: putting on a backpack, helping an injured comrade to their feet, sitting down at a chair in your favorite tavern. I could perhaps see wearing fake wings on ceremonial occasions, but not for everyday life or adventuring.</blockquote>

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