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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 5175334" data-attributes="member: 20741">I recently have been watching another group play D&amp;D.&nbsp; While there are wide dfferences between the play styles of groups -- and there may even be significant regional differences too -- one thing I saw/heard leapt out as being completely different from the gaming styles I am familiar with.They referred to their characters in the third person. &quot;Horgor goes over&quot;, &quot;He says&quot;, &quot;She walks over and says to him&quot;, &quot;Danella draws her sword&quot;.The players were always referring to their character in the third person - as if it was somebody else.We've never done this at our gaming table. From time to time, if a new player shows up - they will frequently refer to themselves in the third person. The DM inevitably prompts the player to &quot;say it then&quot; -- it's not &quot;So-and-so says... Say it - just say it&quot;.&nbsp; And we then wait while the player restates what their character says in game in the first person -- directly if possible -- without the use of self-referencing pronouns.&nbsp; Soon enough, they understand that we just don't use third person referencing at our gaming table.The only time where this is not done is by the DM/GM.&nbsp; Even then, it's rare that the DM prefaces a line with the words &quot;he says&quot;...&nbsp; We just all shy away from that indirect play style. It's immersive or first person roleplaying&nbsp; -- all the way.Do you refer to your character as a player in the third person or the first person? Is that approach different when you GM?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 5175334, member: 20741"] I recently have been watching another group play D&D. While there are wide dfferences between the play styles of groups -- and there may even be significant regional differences too -- one thing I saw/heard leapt out as being completely different from the gaming styles I am familiar with. They referred to their characters in the third person. "Horgor goes over", "He says", "She walks over and says to him", "Danella draws her sword". The players were always referring to their character in the third person - as if it was somebody else. We've never done this at our gaming table. From time to time, if a new player shows up - they will frequently refer to themselves in the third person. The DM inevitably prompts the player to "say it then" -- it's not "So-and-so says... Say it - just say it". And we then wait while the player restates what their character says in game in the first person -- directly if possible -- without the use of self-referencing pronouns. Soon enough, they understand that we just don't use third person referencing at our gaming table. The only time where this is not done is by the DM/GM. Even then, it's rare that the DM prefaces a line with the words "he says"... We just all shy away from that indirect play style. It's immersive or first person roleplaying -- all the way. Do you refer to your character as a player in the third person or the first person? Is that approach different when you GM? [/QUOTE]

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