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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8389246" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Seems like a question that might have been asked in some interview at some point, but I have no idea.If I really think about it, it probably varies from one cast member to the next, right? Like, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that, say, for Ashley Williams it’s more about enjoying herself but for Laura Bailey it’s more about putting on a good show for the viewers (just random examples). I’m sure for all of them it’s about both, but which takes priority in what contexts surely varies from person to person.See, I definitely got the impression that some people were denying that playing for an audience changes the game. Like, I was literally talking to people saying that performing for an empty room and playing for a packed auditorium didn’t feel significantly different to them. And to be honest, as an actor, I find it a little insulting to extrapolate that personal experience to assume professional actors wouldn’t feel a difference between those things. We do, and that’s generally where our primary drive to perform comes from.I do think it’s inarguable that Critical Role is like a TV show or a Globetrotters game in a way that our home games are not. Whether it’s more like one or the other I think is secondary to the broader point that it is definitely not just like our games apart from the acting talent and production value. It is different from our games in that it has different priorities, which I think is important to keep in mind when looking to emulate in your own games elements of their game that you like.I think they’re absolutely correct! I also think that some of what is done on Critical Role is influenced by the fact that it’s at least in part for the entertainment of a passive audience, and this should be kept in mind when learning from what they do. Some of what they do may work better than them than it will for you, because of the different concerns of D&D-as-performance-art. That doesn’t mean don’t look to learn anything from it, it just means keep it in context when looking to learn from it.</blockquote>

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