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<blockquote data-quote="Irda Ranger" data-source="post: 672589" data-attributes="member: 1003"><p>I think it is a matter of maturity. I noticed in High school there was a definate limited spectrum to what most of my friends could play. They were limited by their own natural tendencies, and lacked the life experience to really see themselves from the outside. Some were good thieves, others great fighters or wizards. Maybe it was the fact that I got half my gaming group at Boy Scouts, but Rangers were a dime a dozen.</p><p></p><p>There was definately a large correlation between the number of books they read though, and their ability to get into a character. Books with characters that had to be identified with. Plays, biographies and novels were good. Textbook readers were useless (except as rules-lawyers), and poets were the absolute worst. All talk and no understanding of how what they said affected people.</p><p></p><p>Now that I am out of college, I find that once most people get past their self-consciousness, they can get into a new character pretty easily. They just have a litttle more self-awareness, a little more understanding of what makes people tick. However, that's also a function of the friends I have. I know plenty of folks who haven't matured a whole lot since high school (or even middle school), and would probably be just as lousy. I don't think I would enjoy playing with them. Not trying to sound snobbish, but there it is.</p><p></p><p>I do have a problem though. When I DM, my players agree that I can be brutish, nasty and shortening, but when I have a PC, I just can't do it. All my PCs are Paladins, whether they are official with the class and all, or any other class. I just can't convincingly play a CN person for any length of time. Even CG is tough, since I have a problem not keeping promises even to bad guys.</p><p></p><p>Race is something I can switch around, but I have trouble pulling off elves and gnomes. Too flighty.</p><p></p><p>Irda Ranger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Irda Ranger, post: 672589, member: 1003"] I think it is a matter of maturity. I noticed in High school there was a definate limited spectrum to what most of my friends could play. They were limited by their own natural tendencies, and lacked the life experience to really see themselves from the outside. Some were good thieves, others great fighters or wizards. Maybe it was the fact that I got half my gaming group at Boy Scouts, but Rangers were a dime a dozen. There was definately a large correlation between the number of books they read though, and their ability to get into a character. Books with characters that had to be identified with. Plays, biographies and novels were good. Textbook readers were useless (except as rules-lawyers), and poets were the absolute worst. All talk and no understanding of how what they said affected people. Now that I am out of college, I find that once most people get past their self-consciousness, they can get into a new character pretty easily. They just have a litttle more self-awareness, a little more understanding of what makes people tick. However, that's also a function of the friends I have. I know plenty of folks who haven't matured a whole lot since high school (or even middle school), and would probably be just as lousy. I don't think I would enjoy playing with them. Not trying to sound snobbish, but there it is. I do have a problem though. When I DM, my players agree that I can be brutish, nasty and shortening, but when I have a PC, I just can't do it. All my PCs are Paladins, whether they are official with the class and all, or any other class. I just can't convincingly play a CN person for any length of time. Even CG is tough, since I have a problem not keeping promises even to bad guys. Race is something I can switch around, but I have trouble pulling off elves and gnomes. Too flighty. Irda Ranger [/QUOTE]
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