Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Playing an unintelligible PC
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Wednesday Boy" data-source="post: 7342840" data-attributes="member: 53678"><p>First I would bounce it off of your GM and fellow players. You're hamstringing yourself so personally I wouldn't have an issue with it. But I know some players/GMs who would be irritated by it, so I would find out what your players and GM think and try to get them on board or meet them half way. </p><p></p><p>Besides potentially scrapping the idea if it grates on your fellow players, it'll work best if they acknowledge you'll be a support character and they're willing to have more of the spotlight. It's not exactly the same but I tried playing an R2 unit in a Star Wars game and had buy in from the other player. But in play the other player wasn't comfortable with taking the initiative in social situations and we had to reconfigure the party.</p><p></p><p>Also I think you should approach it with honest expectations of the character's social limitations. I once played a character who never spoke. I knew the character would only be able to communicate in very rudimentary ways (e.g., simple gestures, whistling to point something out, facial expressions, etc.) and would never be the focus during social interactions. I had a blast playing that character--one of my favorites.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, my friend once played a gamorrean in a SW game for the challenge of being unable to speak Basic. He didn't fully consider that he would primarily have to play a Snake-Eyes type of silent character rather than the social characters he was used to. In play he tried to play his typical social characters and the game turned into a frustrating subgame of charades for him, then he changed his character.</p><p></p><p>I think it'll go well if you go in with the appropriate expectation that you won't be doing much social interaction and the other players and GM accept that you'll do a minimal amount of the heavy lifting in social situations. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wednesday Boy, post: 7342840, member: 53678"] First I would bounce it off of your GM and fellow players. You're hamstringing yourself so personally I wouldn't have an issue with it. But I know some players/GMs who would be irritated by it, so I would find out what your players and GM think and try to get them on board or meet them half way. Besides potentially scrapping the idea if it grates on your fellow players, it'll work best if they acknowledge you'll be a support character and they're willing to have more of the spotlight. It's not exactly the same but I tried playing an R2 unit in a Star Wars game and had buy in from the other player. But in play the other player wasn't comfortable with taking the initiative in social situations and we had to reconfigure the party. Also I think you should approach it with honest expectations of the character's social limitations. I once played a character who never spoke. I knew the character would only be able to communicate in very rudimentary ways (e.g., simple gestures, whistling to point something out, facial expressions, etc.) and would never be the focus during social interactions. I had a blast playing that character--one of my favorites. On the other hand, my friend once played a gamorrean in a SW game for the challenge of being unable to speak Basic. He didn't fully consider that he would primarily have to play a Snake-Eyes type of silent character rather than the social characters he was used to. In play he tried to play his typical social characters and the game turned into a frustrating subgame of charades for him, then he changed his character. I think it'll go well if you go in with the appropriate expectation that you won't be doing much social interaction and the other players and GM accept that you'll do a minimal amount of the heavy lifting in social situations. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Playing an unintelligible PC
Top