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<blockquote data-quote="Ravilah" data-source="post: 6058537" data-attributes="member: 19724"><p>So I need to confess...I am not a good roleplayer.</p><p></p><p>I'm a pretty good GM; I've been told so by many people. But I can see now that I am a <em>terrible</em> player. When I am the GM, I am in control at all times, there are no complete unknowns, and no character I have made can truly die unless I allow it to be so. So when I am a player, I hate my loss of power...and so I become a power gamer, grasping for more XP, haggling (constantly haggling) for more powerful items, and repeatedly checking the rules to make sure my GM is not cheating me. </p><p></p><p>I get sullen and pouty when my dice rolls come up short more than once in a row. I snidely suggest that the GM is playing favorites if other players get rewards that I don't. My engagement with the story is limited because I always want to be off getting more XP, weapons, or treasure. </p><p></p><p>I can hear myself doing these things, and yet I can't seem to stop myself. If I were one of my own players, I'd have punched me in the face (or had my character eaten by a grue) ages ago. So I repent of my tabletop sins, and will endeavor to hereafter roleplay with respect for my GM and the other players! Amen.</p><p></p><p>Oh. . . and also there was this time when the Cloud Giant actually rolled a 19 and I lied and told the players it was a crit. Really sorry.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, I feel better now that's off my chest. The confessional is now open for anyone else that needs roleplay absolution.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ravilah, post: 6058537, member: 19724"] So I need to confess...I am not a good roleplayer. I'm a pretty good GM; I've been told so by many people. But I can see now that I am a [I]terrible[/I] player. When I am the GM, I am in control at all times, there are no complete unknowns, and no character I have made can truly die unless I allow it to be so. So when I am a player, I hate my loss of power...and so I become a power gamer, grasping for more XP, haggling (constantly haggling) for more powerful items, and repeatedly checking the rules to make sure my GM is not cheating me. I get sullen and pouty when my dice rolls come up short more than once in a row. I snidely suggest that the GM is playing favorites if other players get rewards that I don't. My engagement with the story is limited because I always want to be off getting more XP, weapons, or treasure. I can hear myself doing these things, and yet I can't seem to stop myself. If I were one of my own players, I'd have punched me in the face (or had my character eaten by a grue) ages ago. So I repent of my tabletop sins, and will endeavor to hereafter roleplay with respect for my GM and the other players! Amen. Oh. . . and also there was this time when the Cloud Giant actually rolled a 19 and I lied and told the players it was a crit. Really sorry. Well, I feel better now that's off my chest. The confessional is now open for anyone else that needs roleplay absolution. [/QUOTE]
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