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<blockquote data-quote="Turjan" data-source="post: 1369378" data-attributes="member: 3477">I also DM in a foreign language, English <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />. This is a bit of a problem, as I still have difficulties to set the proper mood in certain places. As a DM, you have to display at least some rhetorical qualities, and that's a challenging task in a foreign language. I just hope I'm not too bad <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.Furthermore, we have a mixed group, and unfortunately the players' and my vocabularies are not always overlapping. Sometimes I have to explain one thing or the other to a player in German.I've never played 3E in German, so there's not much confusion in this regard, although there are some game experiences in AD&amp;D. But let the ETW0 (German for THAC0) rest in peace <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />!@handforged: Yes, I think that's true. I take many things for granted if its expressed in English, although a proper translation into German would sound incredibly bland <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />. This helps very much to keep up the mood, as I even don't hesitate to boast or lie in English (if appropriate <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />), because for me speaking English always has the feeling of acting to it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Turjan, post: 1369378, member: 3477"] I also DM in a foreign language, English ;). This is a bit of a problem, as I still have difficulties to set the proper mood in certain places. As a DM, you have to display at least some rhetorical qualities, and that's a challenging task in a foreign language. I just hope I'm not too bad :D;). Furthermore, we have a mixed group, and unfortunately the players' and my vocabularies are not always overlapping. Sometimes I have to explain one thing or the other to a player in German. I've never played 3E in German, so there's not much confusion in this regard, although there are some game experiences in AD&D. But let the ETW0 (German for THAC0) rest in peace :)! @handforged: Yes, I think that's true. I take many things for granted if its expressed in English, although a proper translation into German would sound incredibly bland ;). This helps very much to keep up the mood, as I even don't hesitate to boast or lie in English (if appropriate ;)), because for me speaking English always has the feeling of acting to it :D. [/QUOTE]

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