How do you refer to your character? First or third person?

[Crothian]

Where is my second person choice?

Just kidding, first person all the way.

 

[Henry]

90/10 split first-person/third-person.

When I speak, I usually speak in character, unless what I have to say is extremely prosaic, and I'm playing a bard or such. Then I summarize it, because I'm not going to blow my bard's chances by speaking for him.

 

[Cor Azer]

As a player, I almost always use first-person. As a DM, I'm closer to fifty/fifty.

For their parts, my players tend to use first-person... but I sometimes wonder if it's more out of confusion than being "in-character" - they seem more likely to ask Brenda to heal them than asking Lia (Brenda's character) to do so.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Brown Jenkin always refers to Brown Jenkin's characters in the third person because Brown Jenkin always referes to Brown Jenkin in the third person. So that's Brown Jenkin's view.

 

[VorpalBunny]

I tend to stay third person, unless I'm really into a particular encounter, or, if I'm DM'ing feel that I can "act" well enough to capture the NPC or creature effectively.

 

[Djeta Thernadier]

I refer to myself in the first person. I cast fireballs and magic missile. I slay ogres and kill pesky goblins and...

Oh...

You meant in game?




I refer to my various PCs in first person while playing but in third person when not gaming or metagaming. Sometimes, I refer to them in the fourth or fifth person when not in game...but that's a whole place you don't even wanna go...

 

[Wombat]

Primarily I refer to my characters in First Person, once in a while in Third Person, and two or three times in Second Person (which made for a weird session).

 

[Pants]

I use a mix of both and yes I do swear at my character when bad things happen.
"You have a +12 to hit! Why can't you hit the damn goblin!?"
Insert several more colorful remarks that Eric's grandma wouldn't be too happy aboot.

 

[fba827]

For table-top/"in person" games, first person. For online games (PBeM, PBP, etc.) Third person.

 

[thullgrim]

My last character refered to himself in the thrid person. Great fun. Under normal circumstances though a mix of first and third.