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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8653761" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I am almost always in support of flavorful choices chosen for enthusiasm and fun.As an example, one of my players (in Dungeon World, not 5e) is soft-retiring his character because he wants to finish that character's story, but isn't sure how to yet, and still wants to be active in play. I've been working with him to build a new character. One of the options I'm just letting him have is, he can choose to take the Barbarian move &quot;Unencumbered, Unharmed,&quot; which gives +1 armor but only while you aren't wearing any armor nor carrying a shield, and are below your weight limit (which...the players almost always are). Given this (essentially) forbids the character from wearing any armor, including magic armor. Since the player is choosing this purely for flavor--he doesn't envision his character using heavy armor, nothing heavier than leather for sure, which in DW rules...provides +1 armor, imagine that!--I have zero problems just letting him swap out the usual Fighter ability to ignore the Clumsy tag (that is, the ability to wear heavy armor without issues) in exchange for Unencumbered, Unharmed.So...yeah. Personally, I'd prefer to make the &quot;swap&quot; of shield prof -&gt; agonizing blast more thematic, or at least somehow explained within the context of the story. For example, perhaps the character has sacrificed some of their memory and skill in order to obtain this power. What memories were taken? What skills, besides the use of shields, are now lost to them forever? Those are interesting questions that can potentially lead to fun and engaging story later on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8653761, member: 6790260"] I am almost always in support of flavorful choices chosen for enthusiasm and fun. As an example, one of my players (in Dungeon World, not 5e) is soft-retiring his character because he wants to finish that character's story, but isn't sure [I]how[/I] to yet, and still wants to be active in play. I've been working with him to build a new character. One of the options I'm just letting him [I]have[/I] is, he can choose to take the Barbarian move "Unencumbered, Unharmed," which gives +1 armor but only while you [I]aren't[/I] wearing any armor nor carrying a shield, and are below your weight limit (which...the players almost always are). Given this (essentially) forbids the character from wearing any armor, including [I]magic[/I] armor. Since the player is choosing this purely for flavor--he doesn't envision his character using heavy armor, nothing heavier than leather for sure, which in DW rules...provides +1 armor, imagine that!--I have [I]zero[/I] problems just letting him swap out the usual Fighter ability to ignore the Clumsy tag (that is, the ability to wear heavy armor without issues) in exchange for Unencumbered, Unharmed. So...yeah. Personally, I'd prefer to make the "swap" of shield prof -> agonizing blast more [I]thematic[/I], or at least somehow [I]explained[/I] within the context of the story. For example, perhaps the character has sacrificed some of their memory and skill in order to obtain this power. What memories were taken? What skills, besides the use of shields, are now lost to them forever? Those are [I]interesting[/I] questions that can potentially lead to fun and engaging story later on. [/QUOTE]

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