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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Immortal Sun" data-source="post: 7567545">As a sort of clarification, I don't care how people say things, because the dice are the true translators between our world and the game world.  As [MENTION=4937]Celebrim[/MENTION] says above, bad IRL words are likely to go over well when a character has high social skills, while good IRL words may not be received well if he character has low social skills.I've run into too many people who attempt to game the system via fancy words, thinking that better words will help them "win" social situations.  Which is why I refuse to give anyone any more or any less than a +2/-2 for what they actually say, and only if it lines up or falls against one of the NPCs personality elements.  IE: being rude to the King will always get your a -2.  I currently have a player who hasn't quite figured out why people treat them poorly...after being a condescending tool to the NPCs first.  They just get uppity that NPCs aren't "respecting" them, and I suspect there's a player issue here I'll have to deal with soon.  Anyway...The other problem for me is "orators".  In more common society they're called "talkers".  I appreciate a well-worded statement as much as the next person, but some people really don't know when to stuff it.  As pleasant as their speech may be for me to listen to, it's not terribly fun that every time Captain Conversation comes around the rest of the table has to spend 10 minutes listening to them chatter on.  It's nice to role-play, but it's also nice to cut to the chase.  As other people have said, players need to say enough for me to get a solid idea of what they're doing.  Too much and I find I get into technicality debates over if they used the proper present tenses and too little makes it too much work for me to make it up.But hey, everyone's gotta start someone and not everyone's as comfortable acting as others and I don't think they have to be.</blockquote>

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