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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenSeg" data-source="post: 2645047" data-attributes="member: 32662">Role-playing has nothing to do with the class, it is the character. The best advice I can give you from over 25 years of playing is to start with one thing. For instance, one of my more memorable characters was started by hearing Sebastian the crab from "The Little Mermaid", playing on the TV a few rooms away by our GMs daughter. Jamacian acent.  That was it. From this, I started to craft a personality. The accent made me think of outgoing, flashy. From this came a 6 foot 6 inch bald jamacian wizard with a penchant for flashy spells. They weren't always the most appropriate for the occasion, but they were always flashy. Why use magic missles when a big old flaming sphere was available?!! He loved outragious colors and a drink that I stole from Highlander, Boom-boom. Once you have crafted this character, the most important thing is to be true to him/her. Become the character when you are playing. One of his flashy spells just about got us all killed several times when we needed to be sneeky, but while it would have been the "smart" game thing to do to be quiet, it just wasn't him.And don't be afraid to have fun with your character. Act goofy if that is what he would do. If your gaming friends don't have the maturity to not make fun of you for it or yell at you when you act within his character, might be time to find a new group.-KenSegGaming since 1978</blockquote>