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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5167863" data-attributes="member: 1210">One of the easiest things to do is to affect a voice for your character; just exaggerate one trait (outrageous cockney accent, lisp, high pitched, etc). Some of the most memorable roleplaying that I have ever seen involved a pc with a lisp, alcoholism and a tendency to &quot;dander the children on my knee&quot;. Hilarious!Adding a like/hate/fear is good too. If your pc is afraid of spiders, you can roleplay it in an encounter, not by hamstringing yourself and not fighting, but by having your big goliath fighter shriek like a little girl every time the spider attacks him. Then there are collections. Some pcs like collecting trophies from foes (your tooth necklaces); others might collect odd clothes, shoes, insects, stamps, books, etc.Or give yourself an obsession. Speaking of shoes, one pc in my game some years back had a shoe fetish. Another was fascinated by doing &quot;scientific&quot; experiments with green slime and suchlike things. Maybe you insist on visiting all the temples in the towns you enter, or you refuse to defile a religious altar, even of an enemy faith. Maybe the first thing you do in each city is visit the whores' district. Maybe you're constantly examining the herbs and plants while the party travels.In general, picking one trait and looking for opportunities to show it off is a good start. The possibilities are really endless. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 5167863, member: 1210"] One of the easiest things to do is to affect a voice for your character; just exaggerate one trait (outrageous cockney accent, lisp, high pitched, etc). Some of the most memorable roleplaying that I have ever seen involved a pc with a lisp, alcoholism and a tendency to "dander the children on my knee". Hilarious! Adding a like/hate/fear is good too. If your pc is afraid of spiders, you can roleplay it in an encounter, not by hamstringing yourself and not fighting, but by having your big goliath fighter shriek like a little girl every time the spider attacks him. Then there are collections. Some pcs like collecting trophies from foes (your tooth necklaces); others might collect odd clothes, shoes, insects, stamps, books, etc. Or give yourself an obsession. Speaking of shoes, one pc in my game some years back had a shoe fetish. Another was fascinated by doing "scientific" experiments with green slime and suchlike things. Maybe you insist on visiting all the temples in the towns you enter, or you refuse to defile a religious altar, even of an enemy faith. Maybe the first thing you do in each city is visit the whores' district. Maybe you're constantly examining the herbs and plants while the party travels. In general, picking one trait and looking for opportunities to show it off is a good start. The possibilities are really endless. :) [/QUOTE]

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