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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wednesday Boy" data-source="post: 5748003" data-attributes="member: 53678">Hi ENWorld,In our last session we had to avoid and then investigate an assassination attempt on an ambassador we were guarding.  During the session I noticed that I fell out of character and I think this is somewhat routine for me with investigation scenarios.  When the session becomes highly investigative, the immersion barrier breaks, and I start playing to crack the investigation instead of playing as my character.  I'm trying to figure out a way to stay more in character and avoid getting bogged down with investigating every angle and planning numerous contingencies. One thing that may help me is if the GM is more forceful about moving the story forward, ending the scenes that bog down, or introducing a roleplaying issue to get me back on task roleplaying-wise.  Or maybe simply being aware of my tendency will be enough to correct it. Has anyone experienced something similar concerning investigations?  Any suggestions or insight would be greatly welcomed and appreciated!</blockquote>