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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9312815" data-attributes="member: 6801228">I always want to put an asterisk on the "no jokes or memes" point. Like, sure, I don't want someone who is playing a sentient sandwich. That would be annoying. But, I'm also listening to a podcast DnD game (Fool's Gold: Sands) where the two characters are... kind of joke characters. A half djinni chaos gremlin who is played for the purpose of making jokes, and a demon cleric who is the dumb stoic "straightman" who is also played for jokes. But... the story WORKS. And I've had people who played "serious" characters who have been bad characters for jokes or memes [A dragonborn paladin who had a serious backstory, and also wanted to where a hat of spaghetti to a king's fancy dinner party]. I think, for me, what it really comes down to, is the timing of the joke. I'm currently playing a Rogue who is a murder doll who got a soul, sort of a mix between Chucky and the Velveteen Rabbit. I'm playing it into memes and jokes sometimes, with the intent of being the creepy doll child. There is a meme behind it, jokes and I'm playing it for laughs, but I also know when to make a joke and when to be serious. Because silly joke characters can have EPIC scenes, if the player knows how to utilize their timing correctly.</blockquote>