The R in rpg

[JacktheRabbit]

Do you play a role playing game or a roll playing game? Or do you try your best to do both?

If you pick one or the other do you sit back and disengage from the game with the other R shows up?

 

[jdrakeh]

I think that the "roleplaying versus rollplaying" argument is a false dichotomy.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

I think the real question is "rowlplaying vs roughlplaying".

Myself, I prefer the former.
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[the Jester]

opcorn:

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I tend towards the former more than the latter, but I do enjoy delivering a solid shot now & again.

I think that the "roleplaying versus rollplaying" argument is a false dichotomy.

I know too many players who treat RPGs like war-games to agree.

 

[kitsune9]

Hi Doc, I'm more a 50/50 kind of person. I like to roleplay, but I do need to roll those dice to get some things done. As for my GMing style, I also try to strive for that mix.

 

[Diamond Cross]

A bit of both.

I'm not a very diplomatic kind of guy. I don't like to use tact as I find it absolutely useless.

As a result, I'm not very able to to roleplay a character with a high charisma or with shining diplomatic skills.

That's why you do sometimes need to rollplay. That's what manu skills are for.

Take, for example, if you want to play a medical doctor. How can you truly play a medical doctor if you don't know things like terminology and procedure? That's where rollplay comes in.

So you see, there is a need for some rollplay. Not everybody is a good rollplayer. And because of that, if there comes a situation in which some diplomacy is needed, then there needs to be a roll for it. Even more so if it's a plot point that needs it to succeed in order to progress the story.

 

[Krensky]

I'm not even sure what the question is asking.

If rollplaying means combat and roleplaying means non-combat, then a mix.

If rollplaying means use of dice and mechanics (including rolling social skills) and roleplaying means forced play acting and playing GM May I and Twenty Questions, then rollplaying.

If rollplaying means focusing on the numbers, min/maxing, and trying to 'win' while roleplaying means playing to concept and to a character's motivations and having a good time then roleplaying.

 

[jdrakeh]

I know too many players who treat RPGs like war-games to agree.

I know a lot of gamers like that, too. I also know a lot of gamers who treat RPGs like amateur theater. That said, those are not the only two ways to play RPGs. Hence, the false dilemma.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

The R isn't severable from the P or the G anyway.