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<blockquote data-quote="Ogre Mage" data-source="post: 8388637" data-attributes="member: 3404">My initial interest in Critical Role was watching professional actors play D&amp;D, which was a novel idea I had never seen before.&nbsp; I never conceived of D&amp;D as a performance piece.&nbsp; I am not a professional actor nor have I played with any.&nbsp; They have the craft to inhabit characters in ways most of us cannot.&nbsp; And because they know each other well, they have a good comfort level with how to play off one another.&nbsp; You're only as good as your scene partner.&nbsp; Seeing professional acting within a D&amp;D game was a treat.That said, I never got enough into it to become a regular watcher -- the episodes were too long.&nbsp; I never got interested in following the story arc as I would rather experience that first hand with my own games.&nbsp; Also, for all their superior characterization, I don't think the group is tactically strong.&nbsp; Sometimes their tactical blunders were the funniest part of the show.&nbsp; Actually it now occurs to me that watching them blunder is something I find sadistic humor in.&nbsp; Maybe that doesn't say something good about me as a person but I am being honest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ogre Mage, post: 8388637, member: 3404"] My initial interest in [I]Critical Role[/I] was watching professional actors play D&D, which was a novel idea I had never seen before. I never conceived of D&D as a performance piece. I am not a professional actor nor have I played with any. They have the craft to inhabit characters in ways most of us cannot. And because they know each other well, they have a good comfort level with how to play off one another. You're only as good as your scene partner. Seeing professional acting within a D&D game was a treat. That said, I never got enough into it to become a regular watcher -- the episodes were too long. I never got interested in following the story arc as I would rather experience that first hand with my own games. Also, for all their superior characterization, I don't think the group is tactically strong. Sometimes their tactical blunders were the funniest part of the show. Actually it now occurs to me that watching them blunder is something I find sadistic humor in. Maybe that doesn't say something good about me as a person but I am being honest. [/QUOTE]

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