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<blockquote data-quote="prabe" data-source="post: 7978461" data-attributes="member: 7016699">I am not a fan of Critical Role (or the genre it dominates), but that's primarily because my primary response is an overpowering desire to play; after about seventy-five seconds I'm at the point of &quot;Turn that off, let's get the books out.&quot; I suppose in many ways, that's a compliment.I have several players who are big fans, including my wife, and at least one player in his first campaign; there have been some efforts at accents, which haven't always stuck, and the bard's player figures out what his spells look and sound like (and he usually at least makes an effort with things like Vicious Mockery to come up with something appropriate). I'm not a voice actor, and I tell people that I'm probably not going to do really identifiable voices, but I still try to make NPCs feel like&nbsp; people. I'm fortunate that the players at my tables don't have an expectation that I'll DM like Mercer, if for no other reason than that I don't watch him so he's not a model.I am pleased to see liveplay casts bringing people into the hobby, and/or serving as a way for people who can't find a group to get some enjoyment from it (albeit a different enjoyment than playing).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prabe, post: 7978461, member: 7016699"] I am not a fan of Critical Role (or the genre it dominates), but that's primarily because my primary response is an overpowering desire to [B]play[/B]; after about seventy-five seconds I'm at the point of "Turn that off, let's get the books out." I suppose in many ways, that's a compliment. I have several players who [B]are[/B] big fans, including my wife, and at least one player in his first campaign; there have been some efforts at accents, which haven't always stuck, and the bard's player figures out what his spells look and sound like (and he usually at least makes an effort with things like Vicious Mockery to come up with something appropriate). I'm not a voice actor, and I tell people that I'm probably not going to do really identifiable voices, but I still try to make NPCs feel like people. I'm fortunate that the players at my tables don't have an expectation that I'll DM like Mercer, if for no other reason than that I don't watch him so he's not a model. I am pleased to see liveplay casts bringing people into the hobby, and/or serving as a way for people who can't find a group to get some enjoyment from it (albeit a different enjoyment than playing). [/QUOTE]

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