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<blockquote data-quote="Retros_x" data-source="post: 9508984" data-attributes="member: 7033171">I disagree, there are too many differences between improv acting and roleplaying.One of the biggest for me: You don't need to theatrical acting in TTRPGs. It is perfectly fine to just describe in 3rd person what your character does and what their intent is. In improv you always act and you usually dont state your intention out of character.Also you can think about decisions, discuss them with other players. In improv you are building a scene you can't take 5 minutes to think of &quot;what shall we do next&quot;. Would be the most boring improv scene ever.TTRPG is a game that uses a ruleset. Improv has not rules, it has guidelines, best practices. There is no referee in improv theatre ruling about the scene. In TTRPGs its the GM. There are improv games though in improv - but they are not a necessity. You can just take a prompt and do improv or even without a prompt.I would argue that improv and TTRPGs are both subtypes of &quot;roleplaying&quot; as the rough term of an activity where you change your own behaviour to &quot;fill a role&quot;. So roleplaying games are not improv (as in &quot;a subtype of improv&quot;) but related to each other because they are both &quot;roleplaying&quot; (with out the &quot;game&quot; suffix).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retros_x, post: 9508984, member: 7033171"] I disagree, there are too many differences between improv acting and roleplaying. One of the biggest for me: You don't need to theatrical acting in TTRPGs. It is perfectly fine to just describe in 3rd person what your character does and what their intent is. In improv you always act and you usually dont state your intention out of character. Also you can think about decisions, discuss them with other players. In improv you are building a scene you can't take 5 minutes to think of "what shall we do next". Would be the most boring improv scene ever. TTRPG is a game that uses a ruleset. Improv has not rules, it has guidelines, best practices. There is no referee in improv theatre ruling about the scene. In TTRPGs its the GM. There are improv games though in improv - but they are not a necessity. You can just take a prompt and do improv or even without a prompt. I would argue that improv and TTRPGs are both subtypes of "roleplaying" as the rough term of an activity where you change your own behaviour to "fill a role". So roleplaying games are not improv (as in "a subtype of improv") but related to each other because they are both "roleplaying" (with out the "game" suffix). [/QUOTE]

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