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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bento" data-source="post: 3051312" data-attributes="member: 36597">I've read some about this from the other angle - how does a DM try to get his players to roll play more often.  Here's some ideas you might try:* Come up with a few more phrases this character might say in different circumstances and make a point to using them in game (oh my stars and garters!)* Think of ways of describing how you move or go about doing some task that's specific to your character and uses those in a game (I slowly stroll across the room with my chest puffed out, looking at every person in the eye who notices me).* A half hour before the game practice your character's voice out loud for ten minutes.  The more familiar and easy you are with this the easier it will be around others.I guess the point is if you want to play your character like he is a character, you have to do more than just put some ideas down on paper.  You need to come up with what he'd say and how he'd do things, then roll with it.If it doesn't work, try something that's a little closer to home, or just the opposite, play a character that is so different that you have to make yourself stretch.  Tell us how it works out.</blockquote>