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<blockquote data-quote="stonehead" data-source="post: 9788725" data-attributes="member: 7047885">I mean, it does a little, right? Imagine a D&amp;D party is fighting an Ogre, and the Swordmaster fighter decides to switch to a ranged weapon, shoot, then step backwards a bit, because then the Ogre would need to waste a turn approaching, but the Barbarian says &quot;I'm a barbarian, I charge in right away.&quot; I don't think it's fair to say the Fighter isn't roleplaying, but it does seem like he's roleplaying less than the barbarian is. If the GM were to hand out inspiration to one of them, he would probably pick the barbarian, even if the fighter character has established himself as a tactician. My opinion isn't set in stone, so I'm curious what other people think on this.There are games out there like BitD, and to a lesser extent Fate, where they work hard to make roleplaying also the most &quot;efficient&quot; way to play. If you want to improve your chances of winning a fight, you need to invoke some detail about the scene or opponent in the fiction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stonehead, post: 9788725, member: 7047885"] I mean, it does a little, right? Imagine a D&D party is fighting an Ogre, and the Swordmaster fighter decides to switch to a ranged weapon, shoot, then step backwards a bit, because then the Ogre would need to waste a turn approaching, but the Barbarian says "I'm a barbarian, I charge in right away." I don't think it's fair to say the Fighter [I]isn't[/I] roleplaying, but it does seem like he's roleplaying [I]less[/I] than the barbarian is. If the GM were to hand out inspiration to one of them, he would probably pick the barbarian, even if the fighter character has established himself as a tactician. My opinion isn't set in stone, so I'm curious what other people think on this. There are games out there like BitD, and to a lesser extent Fate, where they work hard to make roleplaying also the most "efficient" way to play. If you want to improve your chances of winning a fight, you need to invoke some detail about the scene or opponent in the fiction. [/QUOTE]

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