How much do you really Roleplay and Immerse yourself in your character ?

[Wombat]

For me, this is one of the major aspects of rpgs that sets them apart from other games -- you act out a character.

I change voices, mannerisms, turns of phrase, sometimes even the food I am eating at a given moment.

I don't usually go Full-On LARPhappy and dress up (mainly because I have female as well as male characters and my beard does not work to an advantage when crossdressing...)

 

[Hackenslash]

BUMP !!!

Any other thoughts on roleplaying techniques/styles and how important it is to the type of game you play etc...? Thanks.

 

[PaulGreystoke]

I voted "Most of the Time". I like to have both a distinct voice (perhaps defined by an accent) & a distinct point of view for any character that I play. But unless everyone else in the game is doing the same thing, it begins to feel a little silly after awhile. So in most games, I don't immerse myself in my character as much as I would like.

 

[Hackenslash]

BUMP !

Hi all,

Any other thoughts about roleplaying techniques....Cheers !!

 

[BiggusGeekus]

The only time I really role-play is with my half-orc barbarian/cleric. But he's such a fun character. He put the "fun" back into "fundamentalism".

You've never really struck down an infidel until you've done it with a half-orc.

 

[Ycore Rixle]

We roleplay a fair amount, but not usually with voices. Sometimes it is in narrative summation - "I explain to him where we've been, and I try to emphasize the danger to his land," and sometimes it is direct dialog, "We've just been to the tomb of the dracolich, and he is raising an undead army to sweep down on your western border!"

Sometimes we say things like, "Well, my character wouldn't do that, I'll stay home while they're out gambling," and sometimes we directly roleplay it.

Mainly we just concentrate on having fun by playing a good game and keeping a good story alive.

 

[Desdichado]

MOST OF THE TIME with the exception that I don't really do voices that much. That's too much of a chore and doesn't necessarily add much to the experience, in my experience. Well, as a DM it adds more, but as a player it doesn't necessarily.

 

[ForceUser]

Voices, accents and characterization are my strengths as a DM, so I use them liberally to make my NPCs memorable. As a player I am in-character quite a bit, although it's usually more of a philisophical outlook that I roleplay than a funny voice.

See, as a DM you're constantly changing characters, so the voices and such will work. As a player it could get tedious to constantly talk with a rasp or a lisp, so I tend to not play really strange voices as much. Still, of my two currently played characters, one is an orc, so I play him with a deep, violent Klingon-style voice. The trick is he doesn't speak very often.

 

[StumpwaterJack]

I do get into my character squite a lot (both when I'm DMing and playing) but one thing I hardly ever do is change my voice. I may have characters act differently but talking in a high pitched voice for a female elf and a baritone for the dwarf fighter just doesn't work for me and can actually be very jarring to my suspension of disbelief.

This is how my gaming group behaves, making it very difficult to vote accurately. Everyone makes a sincere attempt to develop interesting characters with consistent behavior, but no one uses a different voice.

-SJ

 

[Umbran]

Could you please define what you mean by "mono-dialogueing"?