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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5744587" data-attributes="member: 22779">Well, honestly Barastrondo, I do see it a few times.&nbsp; I played in a couple of campaigns where the DM really favored &quot;role play&quot; over &quot;that icky combat stuff&quot;.&nbsp; So, he insisted that we create 15 point buy characters.&nbsp; We were supposed to be Joe Averages.&nbsp; Yet, in play, two of the four players (I was the fifth) played their character's interactions WAY above the abilities of the character themselves.&nbsp; The 9 Int, 10 Cha character making lengthy speeches to NPC's, being very erudite and whatnot.IOW, pretty much completely ignoring their character sheet and freeforming.Now, I have nothing against freeforming.&nbsp; Nothing whatsoever.&nbsp; However, when I come to a game that isn't freeform and then the players in collusion with the DM play it freeform, I have a problem.If the DM is totally upfront about it that your character sheet doesn't really matter and &quot;the play's the thing&quot;, then fine.&nbsp; Free form RP ho!&nbsp; But, I'm seeing lots of DM's in this thread pretty much saying the same thing as that DM that I had - the character sheet doesn't really matter when it comes to social interactions.&nbsp; If the player makes a great speech that is fun, the character sheet can go hang.I have a problem with that.&nbsp; I think that that's very poor role playing.&nbsp; The player CHOSE to have a character that was not socially &quot;ept&quot; and then is ignoring that fact.&nbsp; It's no different than the 7 Int orc barbarian suddenly turning into Sun Tzu as soon as initiative is rolled.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5744587, member: 22779"] Well, honestly Barastrondo, I do see it a few times. I played in a couple of campaigns where the DM really favored "role play" over "that icky combat stuff". So, he insisted that we create 15 point buy characters. We were supposed to be Joe Averages. Yet, in play, two of the four players (I was the fifth) played their character's interactions WAY above the abilities of the character themselves. The 9 Int, 10 Cha character making lengthy speeches to NPC's, being very erudite and whatnot. IOW, pretty much completely ignoring their character sheet and freeforming. Now, I have nothing against freeforming. Nothing whatsoever. However, when I come to a game that isn't freeform and then the players in collusion with the DM play it freeform, I have a problem. If the DM is totally upfront about it that your character sheet doesn't really matter and "the play's the thing", then fine. Free form RP ho! But, I'm seeing lots of DM's in this thread pretty much saying the same thing as that DM that I had - the character sheet doesn't really matter when it comes to social interactions. If the player makes a great speech that is fun, the character sheet can go hang. I have a problem with that. I think that that's very poor role playing. The player CHOSE to have a character that was not socially "ept" and then is ignoring that fact. It's no different than the 7 Int orc barbarian suddenly turning into Sun Tzu as soon as initiative is rolled. [/QUOTE]

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