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<blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 4510190" data-attributes="member: 3192">Here's a little something to help breakdown the different kinds of role-play. &nbsp;1. &quot;Real&quot; role-playing.&nbsp; Like an occupation or profession.&nbsp; Being in the role of husband or wife, father or mother.&nbsp; This is playing a role in real life.&nbsp; These things overlap of course in the same way a person who is a &quot;firefighter&quot; can ask his boss &quot;what role do you need me in?&quot; during a fire.&nbsp; He's on ladder rescue.&nbsp; That's his role.&nbsp; Or another one, at least.&nbsp; 2. Simulated role-play.&nbsp; This is all the educational role-playing testing real people's real abilities. It's also RPG role-playing.&nbsp; Not the GM, of course. He's running the game.&nbsp; GM is a type #1 kind of role-play.&nbsp; He's not actually in the simulation.&nbsp; He's the one doing it.3. Acting role-play.&nbsp; Actors take on roles to express their character.&nbsp; The improvisation needed differs from great to small depending on how much script is in place.&nbsp; Perhaps it's just the description of a personality?&nbsp; That will be hard for Mickey Mantle's actor when he needs to hit a homerun.&nbsp; He needs set designers, directors, and more to really help out.&nbsp; Of course, those people aren't actors #3 no more than they are role-playing in a simulated environment #2.&nbsp; The do have roles in real life though #1.Telling a &quot;fictional narrative&quot; only relates to role-playing when you are being a particular kind of #1, an author, or being an actor #3.&nbsp; Of course, one can use &quot;narrative discourse&quot; in any role.&nbsp; When acting it's the character telling a story while the actor performing the Play.&nbsp; In #1 or #2 it's just normal discourse.&nbsp; Like an author talking about his books or an actor out-of-character talking about his performance.&nbsp; Or a D&amp;D player telling the GM to have his character attack the bugbear.&nbsp; It's my assertion people want to play D&amp;D to role-play as #2.&nbsp; GMs fill a #1 role of running the game.&nbsp; But don't get confused if we refer to ourselves collectively as #1 role-players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="howandwhy99, post: 4510190, member: 3192"] Here's a little something to help breakdown the different kinds of role-play. 1. [U]"Real" role-playing[/U]. Like an occupation or profession. Being in the role of husband or wife, father or mother. This is playing a role in real life. These things overlap of course in the same way a person who is a "firefighter" can ask his boss "what role do you need me in?" during a fire. He's on ladder rescue. That's his role. Or another one, at least. 2. [U]Simulated role-play[/U]. This is all the educational role-playing testing real people's real abilities. It's also RPG role-playing. Not the GM, of course. He's running the game. GM is a type #1 kind of role-play. He's not actually in the simulation. He's the one doing it. 3. [U]Acting role-play[/U]. Actors take on roles to express their character. The improvisation needed differs from great to small depending on how much script is in place. Perhaps it's just the description of a personality? That will be hard for Mickey Mantle's actor when he needs to hit a homerun. He needs set designers, directors, and more to really help out. Of course, those people aren't actors #3 no more than they are role-playing in a simulated environment #2. The do have roles in real life though #1. Telling a "fictional narrative" only relates to role-playing when you are being a particular kind of #1, an author, or being an actor #3. Of course, one can use "narrative discourse" in any role. When acting it's the character telling a story while the actor performing the Play. In #1 or #2 it's just normal discourse. Like an author talking about his books or an actor out-of-character talking about his performance. Or a D&D player telling the GM to have his character attack the bugbear. It's my assertion people want to play D&D to role-play as #2. GMs fill a #1 role of running the game. But don't get confused if we refer to ourselves collectively as #1 role-players. [/QUOTE]

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