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<blockquote data-quote="Mad_Jack" data-source="post: 8915711" data-attributes="member: 6750306"><p>Mostly serious, in as much as after forty years of playing I'm mostly over playing in/running games where everyone's setting out to intentionally be a goofball or, gods forbid, coming into the game with a "here, hold my beer while I light a <em>bag of holding</em> full of dragon crap on fire" mentality...</p><p></p><p>There may be funny moments or jokes around the table between players, but the in-game stuff is generally mostly on the serious side, with an occasional bit of witty dialogue or light-hearted moment rather than outright comedy. In movie terms, the audience may occasionally be laughing at something, but the actors aren't playing the scenes for laughs (and most definitely aren't turning to wink at the camera).</p><p>Even the time when we waited until one of the big bads was in the outhouse and tied a rope around it so that they couldn't escape while we fought the rest of them was basically a tactical decision, rather than primarily being funny.</p><p></p><p>Personally, although I don't mind an <em>occasional</em> game of Dimwits & Dumbasses, if given a choice I'd generally be more likely to gravitate towards a really serious game that dealt with some serious issues and required making some hard in-character choices than one where it's a running gag to toss the dwarf and the bard plays a drum so he can hit rimshots while casting<em> Vicious Mockery</em>... If for no other reason than that kind of game is much harder to find.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mad_Jack, post: 8915711, member: 6750306"] Mostly serious, in as much as after forty years of playing I'm mostly over playing in/running games where everyone's setting out to intentionally be a goofball or, gods forbid, coming into the game with a "here, hold my beer while I light a [I]bag of holding[/I] full of dragon crap on fire" mentality... There may be funny moments or jokes around the table between players, but the in-game stuff is generally mostly on the serious side, with an occasional bit of witty dialogue or light-hearted moment rather than outright comedy. In movie terms, the audience may occasionally be laughing at something, but the actors aren't playing the scenes for laughs (and most definitely aren't turning to wink at the camera). Even the time when we waited until one of the big bads was in the outhouse and tied a rope around it so that they couldn't escape while we fought the rest of them was basically a tactical decision, rather than primarily being funny. Personally, although I don't mind an [I]occasional[/I] game of Dimwits & Dumbasses, if given a choice I'd generally be more likely to gravitate towards a really serious game that dealt with some serious issues and required making some hard in-character choices than one where it's a running gag to toss the dwarf and the bard plays a drum so he can hit rimshots while casting[I] Vicious Mockery[/I]... If for no other reason than that kind of game is much harder to find. [/QUOTE]
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