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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ReiDuck" data-source="post: 673220" data-attributes="member: 10207">VarietyI've noticed that people tend to play the characters that at least vaguely resemble their personalities, with a few exceptions.  The most irritating one is always whenever one player in our group, who probably has an 8 Int in real life, plays uber-intelligent, or even quasi-intelligent characters.  He simply can't do the job.It would be like me playing a paladin.  I've played a wide variety of characters, large and small, smart and dumb, strong and weak, but I could never, ever play a lawful good paladin.  I couldn't even play a lawful good *anything*.  By nature, I'm a sneaky conniving person who really doesn't give a <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> about the rest of the world or the people in it (or so it seems at times) and I know perfectly well that I'd do a horrible job trying to roleplay a Defender of the Good.So I don't even try.In fact, I've only ever played one character that was neither evil or chaotic - my neutral good halfling wizard Marrik Ghostwise who's currently the mentor of the amnesiac God of Heroes.  Our DM comes up with some pretty weird stuff.As for DMing myself, they pursuaded me to take a shot and so far we've had one session in the campaign I've worked out.  It didn't even come close to going as planned, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it all worked out anyway.But back on topic, I personally think that it's wisest for people to play something they're capable of playing.  Otherwise, it makes for a really not-fun game.  On the other hand, people should try to branch out.  A few months ago, our DM convinced me to play something other than a tiefling rogue, for once - I agreed on the sole condition that someone else in the party play a rogue.  Whole reason why I was playing them was that no one else would, and it's a firmly personal belief of mine that every group needs someone to spring traps, search for loot, etc.But to be honest, deep down, a rogue suits me best.  The rogue mentality is closest to my mentality, just like physically I resemble a halfling, up to the point where many of my gamer friends actually describe me as a halfling rogue.  My boyfriend actually calls me his "little halfling" when he isn't calling me his "little small person."  I'm short, fast, and weak - hence the Small size, +2 Dex, and -2 Str.It's just how I am.I've played characters that are the physical opposites of me - for exmaple, one of my favorite characters is Aeshkattar k'Athaenean, halfdragon half-orc who stands at 6'11 with a whopping 29 strength.  But his personality is more or less like me in a good, wild mood.  One of my tiefling rogues, Essika Darkrend, is like me when I'm feeling moody and depressed.  The aforementioned Marrik is like me in math class - quiet and complentative.  However, I've never managed to play a character that isn't in part reminiscent of one of the facets of my personality.There's simple reasoning behind it - how am I supposed to roleplay a personality if I don't know what the personality is like?</blockquote>

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