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<blockquote data-quote="Humanophile" data-source="post: 99989" data-attributes="member: 1049">This discussion is going around in circles, so I may as well throw in my opinion every time player choice vs. DM vision/stomach lining comes up...Anything and everything can be roleplayed well, in the hands of a sufficiently mature, capable roleplayer.&nbsp; However, some things are easier to roleplay than others, and some are more likely to cause problems, either in game or out, than others.&nbsp; And contrary to popluar belief, not every gamer is a good roleplayer.&nbsp; I'd hazard to say that most aren't.Just because you can (or think you can) play CE effectively, or play play a dragon in a 1st level, core PHB party, or handle tricky subjects (homosexual/transgendered/culturally different/etc.) well in game, doesn't mean that most players can.&nbsp; Nor does it mean that any random DM who doesn't know you should leave those options open, just in case they happen across a good roleplayer.&nbsp; More often, those campaigns will become a sick mockery of player advocate goals: PC's driven by ego, wealth, and stomach churning atrocities.IMC, if you want to prove yourself capable of an inherently difficult role, pull off a simpler one with finesse first.&nbsp; After all, if you're capable of playing a NE transsexual necrophiliac well, you should be chock full of more mainstream characters you'll devote your roleplaying skill to equally.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Humanophile, post: 99989, member: 1049"] This discussion is going around in circles, so I may as well throw in my opinion every time player choice vs. DM vision/stomach lining comes up... Anything and everything [i]can[/i] be roleplayed well, in the hands of a sufficiently mature, capable roleplayer. However, some things are easier to roleplay than others, and some are more likely to cause problems, either in game or out, than others. And contrary to popluar belief, not every gamer is a good roleplayer. I'd hazard to say that most aren't. Just because you can (or think you can) play CE effectively, or play play a dragon in a 1st level, core PHB party, or handle tricky subjects (homosexual/transgendered/culturally different/etc.) well in game, doesn't mean that most players can. Nor does it mean that any random DM who doesn't know you should leave those options open, just in case they happen across a good roleplayer. More often, those campaigns will become a sick mockery of player advocate goals: PC's driven by ego, wealth, and stomach churning atrocities. IMC, if you want to prove yourself capable of an inherently difficult role, pull off a simpler one with finesse first. After all, if you're capable of playing a NE transsexual necrophiliac well, you should be chock full of more mainstream characters you'll devote your roleplaying skill to equally. [/QUOTE]

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