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<blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 5745055"><p>I am not sure this makes a lot of sense. A player's actual strength has no bearing on how strong his character is played (unless you mean agression or something). And I can't think of a way to play a STR 10 Character as having STR 20 (unless the concept is the character is a weakling who thinks he is strong and behaves like you would expect a strongman to behave). For me the issue has nothing to do with the players' real life strength and everything to do with how well is he is playing the character concept. </p><p> </p><p>I don't penalize bad role play or give prizes for good role play. It has nothing to do with experience points in my mind. I like good role play, and I respond to it when running a game, but I don't give XP for it. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I feel a player should play his character's intelligence, not his own. So if he is a genius but playing a guy with INT 6, he is going to have to stifle his intellect in order to play the character effectively. Usually this isn't a problem. The challenge is usually when you play a character more intelligent than yourself. Obviously it is going to be easier for a smart person to play a smart character. </p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I agree with this. I've just been describing my preferences and what I like to see at the table. But I don't tell my players how to play. Also I tend to adapt to the overall style of the group. So while I have my own prefered style of play, I am happy to adjust to what the players like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest 85555, post: 5745055"] I am not sure this makes a lot of sense. A player's actual strength has no bearing on how strong his character is played (unless you mean agression or something). And I can't think of a way to play a STR 10 Character as having STR 20 (unless the concept is the character is a weakling who thinks he is strong and behaves like you would expect a strongman to behave). For me the issue has nothing to do with the players' real life strength and everything to do with how well is he is playing the character concept. I don't penalize bad role play or give prizes for good role play. It has nothing to do with experience points in my mind. I like good role play, and I respond to it when running a game, but I don't give XP for it. I feel a player should play his character's intelligence, not his own. So if he is a genius but playing a guy with INT 6, he is going to have to stifle his intellect in order to play the character effectively. Usually this isn't a problem. The challenge is usually when you play a character more intelligent than yourself. Obviously it is going to be easier for a smart person to play a smart character. I agree with this. I've just been describing my preferences and what I like to see at the table. But I don't tell my players how to play. Also I tend to adapt to the overall style of the group. So while I have my own prefered style of play, I am happy to adjust to what the players like. [/QUOTE]
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