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<blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 6203030" data-attributes="member: 3987">The acting profession is screwed then. In a more complete response....Of course you can play a role, these are called roleplaying games after all, original D&amp;D didn't have a skill system to deal with social interactions. If you wanted to act as a gruff dwarf then you acted&nbsp; (to the best of your ability) like a gruff dwarf, if you wanted to play a charismatic swashbuckler you acted (to the best of your ability) as a charismatic swashbuckler.You can play a role within your own abilities to act one.&nbsp;Yet in many introverts in real life, actually managed to be less so when playing the role of someone else as because they are being a character and not themselves they feel less self conscious.&nbsp;I wouldn't say &quot;take pity&quot;, more have the people skills to know when someone is making an effort, and reward that.If the socially skilled player is actually playing a uncharismatic role correctly then really they should be making efforts to be antisocial. Otherwise they aren't playing the role, they are playing themselves.&nbsp;There are two ways it can do this.1) It becomes a crutch, it is quicker and easier to say &quot;I roll 15 with +5 diplomacy that has to be a success.&quot;2) It be counter to how the player acts, say you have a charismatic player, playing a diplomatic character who spends 5 minutes trying to persuade his way pass the guards, but then the DM asks for a check and he rolls a 1. If the DM listens to the system, then all his roleplaying was pointless, and how often does that need to happen before the player recognizes that what they do doesn't matter only the dice do.&nbsp;But it is discouraged by a skill system that replaces actual social interaction with the results of dice rolls.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bagpuss, post: 6203030, member: 3987"] The acting profession is screwed then. In a more complete response.... Of course you can play a role, these are called roleplaying games after all, original D&D didn't have a skill system to deal with social interactions. If you wanted to act as a gruff dwarf then you acted (to the best of your ability) like a gruff dwarf, if you wanted to play a charismatic swashbuckler you acted (to the best of your ability) as a charismatic swashbuckler. You can play a role within your own abilities to act one. Yet in many introverts in real life, actually managed to be less so when playing the role of someone else as because they are being a character and not themselves they feel less self conscious. I wouldn't say "take pity", more have the people skills to know when someone is making an effort, and reward that. If the socially skilled player is actually playing a uncharismatic role correctly then really they should be making efforts to be antisocial. Otherwise they aren't playing the role, they are playing themselves. There are two ways it can do this. 1) It becomes a crutch, it is quicker and easier to say "I roll 15 with +5 diplomacy that has to be a success." 2) It be counter to how the player acts, say you have a charismatic player, playing a diplomatic character who spends 5 minutes trying to persuade his way pass the guards, but then the DM asks for a check and he rolls a 1. If the DM listens to the system, then all his roleplaying was pointless, and how often does that need to happen before the player recognizes that what they do doesn't matter only the dice do. But it is discouraged by a skill system that replaces actual social interaction with the results of dice rolls. [/QUOTE]

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