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Nope.

You haven't seen the screenshots from the Halloween games then. Being theater geeks and voice actors, they tend to go all out on their costumes. :)

I can pretty confidently say that some people play D&D, but don't really "roleplay" - they treat it more as a tactical combat game and are just passing time in between combats. They just want roll dice, kill things, and increment a few numbers on their character sheet. Or solve whatever...

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He doth protest too much, methinks. It's OK, you don't need to hide it. You are among friends here.

I know, I'm jealous about it as well.

Of course there is something wrong with you. You aren't enjoying the same things that I do, the same way that I do. And my personal experiences are the metric by which the rest of the universe is measured. :cool:

You might try highlights from the longer shows. Critical Role has 3-5 hour long episodes, but fans pull out specific bits for highlight reel videos, or the "Vox Animated" videos - an artist takes a specific scene from the show and animates it. Generally they are hilarious. But this won't...

I don't know, ask a professional athlete. Most sports were originally games and are now jobs or competition. Watching people play D&D can be fun. If the people playing are inherently entertaining. That's really the main point, at least for the games that people watch week after week -...

Exactly - they are professional entertainers, not professional D&D players - which is why the show is great to watch and listen too. For their personalities and improv skills, not so much their mastery of D&D. Vox Machina is a group of overpowered bumbling idiots making bad decisions and...

I love watching Critical Role, but I'm not sure I'd describe it as "watching experts perform activities with a high level of skill." :devil:

Yeah, to me "roleplaying" is "playing the role of your character". What you are calling "roleplaying" I would call simply "Playing the game" - even if it means doing things that would be out of character for your PC in order for the group to succeed at their current quest/goal/mission...

It's not roleplaying if my dumb barbarian with no social skills ends up negotiating with the foreign envoy because the bard literally has no idea what to say. It's bowing to necessity. Now, if I choose to negotiate and play up my poor social skills at the same time even knowing that it will...

You don't need to be a better roleplayer to hog the spotlight at a gaming table. A player's personal charisma and force of personality can override anything on their character sheet. Someone can build a combat monster with zero social skills, but still end up being the "face" of the party...

Well, that's kind of what I referring to. I can understand not necessarily wanting a story arc centered around your character, but Saelorn was advocating making your character an orphan so that their family can't be used in any story lines "just because they are related to your PC"...

Sorry, I didn't bother to read the rest. I'm sure you put a lot of work into though. Maybe post it somewhere else so it can be properly appreciated? kthxbye!

You flat out stated you wouldn't read it, so how would you know if they put a lot of work into it? Then you suggest they "post it on EN world" and without waiting for a response you start talking to the group. That comes off as very dismissive and condescending. Also a social power play -...

Since presumably I wouldn't be giving you a written background unless you asked for it, at that point I'd probably find something more interesting to do than be subjected to your idea of DM'ing. Nothing wrong about that either, since you want to grandstand and be a jerk about it.

I'm kind of in the middle ground. Either the DM or the players can cause a TPK. Either through being a bad DM and throwing monsters that clearly outclass the characters and not allowing a way to escape, or players can cause a TPK through not taking DM hints that this is not a combat you...

Shh...don't spoil it for them.