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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1433720" data-attributes="member: 12744">Yes, other than the occasional serious moments, most of our in-character interaction seems to stem from a desire to confound the DM or make each other laugh, smile, or even occasionally make the DM shoot his drink out of his nose (which, BTW, earns you bonus XP <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=":)" /> ) Notably, this is quite a juvenile and silly approach for men in their 30's, but it's darned good fun. Very much true, I can remember feelings of trepidation in my teens when playing with a new group and trying hard to play my character without being seen as 'goofy'. This is why when I introduced my son to gaming with heroclix (son being almost 6, and we play by our own fluid ruleset) I encouraged him to go with whatever he wants to for a particular neato little plastic superhero... we both have great fun with it and my wife thinks we are insane. So if he wants to leap up on a chair and hold forth like iron man taking flight, well I cringe and melodramatically moan like a suitably chastened villain and we both get big laughs out of it. What I never do is tell him what he *cant* do when we play. Very much true. Inadvertantly, of course, but I think you are right. Often most people, whether in a good heated debate over some nit-picky subject or just simply playing the game, take themselves waaaay too seriously. But I think you said it best, and much to my agreement, when you said: "There are people who regard the RPG as something more than an amusing game, more than a most entertaining hobby. They really do need to get a life." Sure, for me it's a stress-reliever, an escape from the mundane, and an outlet for creativity that I dont ordinarily get, but in the end, it *is* just a game. And if you aren't having fun, then you aren't playing a game. I remember a quote I read once long ago, I cant remember the source, but it was related to getting into gaming for a profession and taking it too seriously: "When your hobby becomes your job, you really need to get another hobby" Well as far as I'm concerned, belch away to your heart's content <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    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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