A very unusual question - chat, aliasing and more

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@Ahkileez

Which could be done simply in IRC by just using the /nick command and changing your name to your Star Trek character for the duration of the live game and switching back once done. Is this something that can be easily done in Discourse?

A somehow similar request was made here:

Replacing avatar & username for a specific post

The problem: I want users to be able to post as RPG characters. I would like for them to be able to insert a template into a post - something like the below: [wrap="characterpost"] [characterav]https://image.link.example.png[/characterav] [charactername][[Character Name]][/charactername] [/wrap] And then use a script so that the image replaces the original avatar and the charactername topic link goes in front of the username. For example, if the post usually says “Username,” I want to replace …

A custom solution was proposed by @Arkshine, but I believe it was not 100% completed (and not as simple as a /nick command, though it could be improved).