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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7267340" data-attributes="member: 97077">I don't think so. In D&amp;D 5e, &quot;roleplaying is, literally, the act of playing out a role. In this case, it's you as a player determining how your character thinks, acts, and talks.&quot; The rules then go on to say there are different approaches to roleplaying which basically amounts to first- or third-person. That's the acting bit - how you go about communicating your roleplaying.Your &quot;deal breaker&quot; appears to center around limitations to rewards related to the DM rewarding acting, seeing as how you mentioned the DM's buddy who is a theater major. Because whether you just state a simple goal and approach or whether you give some kind of Shakespearean reading of what you do this round, both of those are roleplaying. The latter is, perhaps, better acting.You may not think this is an important distinction, but I do. Especially since, at least in the case of your objection, it will inform you as to how you might behave in such a game to get the greatest reward.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7267340, member: 97077"] I don't think so. In D&D 5e, "roleplaying is, literally, the act of playing out a role. In this case, it's [I]you [/I]as a player determining how your character thinks, acts, and talks." The rules then go on to say there are different approaches to roleplaying which basically amounts to first- or third-person. That's the acting bit - how you go about communicating your roleplaying. Your "deal breaker" appears to center around limitations to rewards related to the DM rewarding [I]acting[/I], seeing as how you mentioned the DM's buddy who is a theater major. Because whether you just state a simple goal and approach or whether you give some kind of Shakespearean reading of what you do this round, both of those are roleplaying. The latter is, perhaps, better acting. You may not think this is an important distinction, but I do. Especially since, at least in the case of your objection, it will inform you as to how you might behave in such a game to get the greatest reward. [/QUOTE]

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