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The Tabletop RPG Equivalent of the Fat Guy In the Elf Suit

Started by RPGPundit, February 22, 2008, 11:01:17 AM

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David Johansen

#15
February 23, 2008, 10:44:30 AM
Anyone who wants to play a monk in a eurocentric game?

Or to broaden that the person who absolutely cannot make a character that fits any setting unless they're given a very restrictive template list.
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KrakaJak

#16
February 23, 2008, 03:05:05 PM
As a GM I often get stuck in a role I'm not qualified to play. In those situations I avoid going "in-character". I describe what people say, how people act or what impression they give in third person in descriptive terms rather than literal.

There was another player who tried to play a cross-dressing socialite Water-Caste Dragon-Blooded. This was pretty opposite of form for the player involved. He got the self-important attitude right, but failed horribly at the socially graceful.
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blakkie

#17
February 24, 2008, 05:12:27 PM
Quote from: StuartReally?  Will the say something like:  Thrag says "Have you seen the wizard?" -- or do they just not do dialogue and say: Thrag asks the innkeeper if he's seen the wizard.
More like "I ask him if he's seen the wizard." This wierd, not quite 3rd person but not 1st person phrasing.  And yeah, it's 'I' but I think that belies that the susposed existance of the character doesn't really register with them.

Just talk in the first person once in a while. :p  I don't care if they try to act or not, hell I know I can't and from the GM seat I try to adjust the tone of my voice a little to differentiate who's speaking. Dwight the GM or the guy that might know where the wizard is.

EDIT: I'd even be more happy with true 3rd person.
"Because honestly? I have no idea what you do. None." - Pierce Inverarity
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