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Post by sixdemonbag on Aug 25, 2017 13:39:09 GMT -5
Sweet table robertsconley! Complete with Crown Royal dice bag!! What is that furry thing on the far right?? It's terrifying lol. |
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Post by hengest on Aug 28, 2017 22:08:29 GMT -5
I've just never felt that attached to or even interested in my characters. To me they're mostly a means of interacting with the game.
Maybe it's a defect in me. I dunno.
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Post by scottanderson on Aug 29, 2017 0:53:00 GMT -5
I've just never felt that attached to or even interested in my characters. To me they're mostly a means of interacting with the game. Maybe it's a defect in me. I dunno. People totally do play D&D without role playing and without thinking too deeply about their figure. I don't think that's a defect. It's different, but not a defect. You can play the game and have a good time without role-playing. It's not a story game. I don't do voices, nor do I generally speak in the first person; but I do consider my man's personality and act in character in that sense. |
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Post by hengest on Aug 30, 2017 0:57:45 GMT -5
I mean, okay, I don't do voices, but I will speak in the first person and I will role-play. And I like those things. I just don't really care about the character. Not sure how to say it. I guess I'd usually be pretty happy to switch characters with someone else at the table if they wanted to.
It's one reason D&D appeals to me for actual play. I like the IDEA of a lot of games (crazy card games) but I just don't like competing or trying to win. It doesn't make sense to me. But in D&D, it's clearly a game but doesn't require that I aim for an arbitrary local goal to play. I can just play. This may be unclear.
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Post by Admin Pete on Aug 31, 2017 11:48:04 GMT -5
I never do voices as a player; however, as a ref, while I don't plan voices, they sometimes occur spontaneously during play. I love this thread and I hope more of you share. I intend to share a character at some point when works slows down a bit. (at lunch right now).
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Post by limeodyssey on Sept 1, 2017 4:23:57 GMT -5
When I wrote and ran an in-store pirate game, I dressed as a squire, used a mockup quill (giant feather attached to ballpoint pen) and wore a powdered wig.
Since then and having taken the twelve steps* I now simply sometimes put on a voice or play appropriate music.
As a player I am more reserved, but I try and be 110% supportive of the GM's vision whether I agree with it or not, to help them create their world. If they want a vanilla game- vanilla beans it is. If they open the door to playing a weirdo nonhuman... So be it.
*RPGA - roleplaying gamers anonymous
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 1, 2017 7:31:02 GMT -5
I would only give enough of a hint of "doing voices" to help players fill in the character's character. My 1980s players already had too many voices in their heads.
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Post by ripx187 on Sept 2, 2017 15:27:06 GMT -5
I don't really consider role-playing acting, but there is acting in it. As DM I bounce from character to character and I assign base mannerisms to each. I also use body language. I don't stand up and preform, but I still use it as a que. Non-verbal communication often is required to put the things that we say into proper context quickly. I think that this is my favorite part of the game! The 2e DMG has a cool list of random NPC personalities, you roll once for a major character trait and once for a minor, and I love it when the results are bizarre.
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Post by limeodyssey on Sept 2, 2017 19:00:09 GMT -5
DM acting is almost required for nonviolent encounters, murder mysteries or those big payoff moments when you can reveal to the players that the loveable old sage librarian who has been sending them off on unfortunately unsuccessful quests is actually the real villain...
Like in the D&D cartoon of all things, they did it very well four times in that. Five, if you count the fact that Venger is described as "evil" and the Dungeonmaster is just described as "their guide", ie not as "good"...
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Post by mao on Sept 11, 2017 17:40:44 GMT -5
Battle Cleric( can't remember his name)
He was an evil LE mage until he ran afoul of a deity who cursed him. He was cursed to behave in all ways CG Cleric but he was able to talk like the LE mage he was. He would curse peeps out for needing to be healed. He was an awesome fighter.
Finest Moment: I rescued a fighter who was at-56 HP
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Post by mao on Sept 11, 2017 21:10:00 GMT -5
Samantha
15 th L Mystic thurge (cross mu/cleric)
She had a huge number of spells so I specialized in "instant" spells, so I could cast larger number of them Her true specialty was buffing players
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Post by scottanderson on Sept 11, 2017 21:32:41 GMT -5
Oh I loved the theurge! I made mine a dwarf fire Cleric/evoker
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Post by mao on Sept 11, 2017 21:37:35 GMT -5
Oh I loved the theurge! I made mine a dwarf fire Cleric/evoker Mine was a transmuter/healing cleric, I found this awesome spell that allowed rerolls of 20 sided dice by friend or foe |
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Post by mao on Sept 12, 2017 14:08:38 GMT -5
Whammo! The Powerful
So there this drug called Takal that this barbarian smoked. Takal is very powerful. He created a Mage called Whammo! The Powerful he had strieght 3 for his stats except for Int which was(of course) 18.The only spell he knew was Fireball and he was a heavy carouser, exactly the sort of mage a barbarian would want as a friend(this was also a (DM)PC he died and after all these years I still miss him
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Post by mao on Sept 12, 2017 17:59:30 GMT -5
Arvo Joust-Loser
small time knight on a quest to find a holy relic, Insisted on spending the Whole parties treasure on lances shields and gifts as I exerted my right to stay i the best homes, I lost every joust that I entered because I kept aiming for the crest on the tops of jousters helmets(which had a super low percentage to hit)
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Post by mao on Sept 13, 2017 14:32:49 GMT -5
My Very First Char in 1978
Beowulf, Cleric
They told me had to make 3 characters . so I made him Morman and the other 2 chars were his wives(Bertha Battle Axe, Fighter and a thief I can't remember name)
This caused quite a stir as even the woman at the table played male Chars LOL, That is so funny everytime I think about it!
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 20, 2017 16:18:15 GMT -5
Was this set on our Earth? If so, what year was it? With the name of Beowulf, I can't imagine him in the 20th century without assuming a great deal of property damage.
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Post by mao on Sept 21, 2017 6:24:31 GMT -5
Was this set on our Earth? If so, what year was it? With the name of Beowulf, I can't imagine him in the 20th century without assuming a great deal of property damage. Homebrew world, Spear MT. dungeon |
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Post by scottanderson on Sept 21, 2017 6:47:35 GMT -5
Ældlin, 3rd level True Neutral Druid. I have discovered he's delightfully amoral. Whereas my instinct is to play strong martial characters who will bravely/foolishly rush in to protect friends, Ældlin seems to always be looking for an angle and more interested in virgin nature than people. He is STONE KOLD. What a fun change!
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 21, 2017 7:24:15 GMT -5
Was this set on our Earth? If so, what year was it? With the name of Beowulf, I can't imagine him in the 20th century without assuming a great deal of property damage. Homebrew world, Spear MT. dungeon Too bad. I had SUCH a campaign scenario for you! :rolleyes: |
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Post by Dartanian on Sept 21, 2017 7:29:41 GMT -5
Ældlin, 3rd level True Neutral Druid. I have discovered he's delightfully amoral. Whereas my instinct is to play strong martial characters who will bravely/foolishly rush in to protect friends, Ældlin seems to always be looking for an angle and more interested in virgin nature than people. He is STONE KOLD. What a fun change! In other words, if I understand you correctly, you see true neutral as being a sociopath? |
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Post by scottanderson on Sept 21, 2017 7:40:17 GMT -5
This guy is not interested in Western Christian morals. Nor is he interested in any other moral/ethical framework. He's not immoral; he's amoral. He's true neutral like an animal is true neutral.
That's not all neutrals. That's this guy. It's an interesting challenge!
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Post by Dartanian on Sept 21, 2017 11:30:23 GMT -5
This guy is not interested in Western Christian morals. Nor is he interested in any other moral/ethical framework. He's not immoral; he's amoral. He's true neutral like an animal is true neutral. That's not all neutrals. That's this guy. It's an interesting challenge! Amoral would be a sociopath as I understand the term it has nothing to do with any particular moral system, Western Christian or otherwise. A sociopath being anyone who has no regard for others and feels no guilt or regret for their harmful actions. |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 21, 2017 13:50:52 GMT -5
You both are scaring me. Or maybe it's my meds.
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Post by scottanderson on Sept 21, 2017 14:31:43 GMT -5
I just wrote a long defense of the choice we're talking about and the internet ate it. So the tl;dr version is: I can see his point of view but I am also happy going with mine.
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 21, 2017 15:02:23 GMT -5
Samantha 15 th L Mystic thurge (cross mu/cleric) She had a huge number of spells so I specialized in "instant" spells, so I could cast larger number of them Her true specialty was buffing players I'm not up on modern slang, so I only wonder if you meant "bluff"? |
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Post by mormonyoyoman on Sept 22, 2017 6:03:24 GMT -5
If Merriam-Webster still means anything other than a secondary Scrabble reference: "of, relating to, or characterized by asocial or antisocial behavior or exhibiting antisocial personality disorder"
Sounds more evil than neutral to me.
Wonder what M-W says about our base usage of "neutral"?
"1: not engaged on either side; specifically:not aligned with a political or ideological grouping - a neutral nation"
For a nation-state, fence-sitting may make sense in the nuclear age. "Let's you and him fight," J. Wellington Wimpy used to say.
"2: of or relating to a neutral state or power - neutral territory"
Back to nation-states: a time-out between fights? For an individual, this would be more synonymous with "indecisive."
"3 a: not decided or pronounced as to characteristics :indifferent" - This may be closer to what Gary was trying to say, but didn't know an English word that fit what was in his head. It still sounds more evil than anything, as in "Genovese Syndrome."
"3 b: achromatic" - Well, THAT sounds boring!
"3 c: (1) :neuter 3 (2) :lacking stamens or pistils" - This is probably the reference that Gygax pulled from Moorcock. Someone who's been neutered?
The point is that if we can't agree to the the definition of the words we use, we cannot communicate.
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Post by scottanderson on Sept 22, 2017 11:18:02 GMT -5
Okay. Not doing this. Who else has a character to share?
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Post by Dartanian on Sept 22, 2017 11:48:41 GMT -5
You both are scaring me. Or maybe it's my meds. Why, pray tell am I scaring you??? |
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Post by Dartanian on Sept 22, 2017 11:49:21 GMT -5
Samantha 15 th L Mystic thurge (cross mu/cleric) She had a huge number of spells so I specialized in "instant" spells, so I could cast larger number of them Her true specialty was buffing players I'm not up on modern slang, so I only wonder if you meant "bluff"? I hope he means bluff, since buffing might be pretty painful. |
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