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<blockquote data-quote="MortonStromgal" data-source="post: 5220152" data-attributes="member: 76231"><p>No offense but your dialog example is poor as you said "I hold up" in the first and the second only expands upon your prayer. Also I have a friend who is very similar to you in many ways. I always say to him why did you write a 5 page background for yourself. Because he will seldom have it come out in his character unless you specifically ask the right question. Which rarely happens because we were not allowed to read his background so how would we know what to ask. </p><p></p><p>Heres what I am hearing from you now. I think you actually enjoy roleplaying you just don't feel comfortable doing method acting and you don't want roleplaying to get in the way of your tactics. This to me says old skool, you need a game where there are no knowledge skills, so if you as a player know it you can use it. You also need a game thats heavy on the tactics end and where you can roll a skill rather than act out a scene. You also need like minded individuals to play said game. My solution D&D, any edition, you can hack the stuff out you dont want, then find some people who want a "Beer and Pretzels" game, perhaps WOW guild mates. Run it! Shadowrun may also be a decent fit. Ultimately though I think if you try and run it (and advertise it as such) you will find like minded players and perhaps even a DM you can switch off with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MortonStromgal, post: 5220152, member: 76231"] No offense but your dialog example is poor as you said "I hold up" in the first and the second only expands upon your prayer. Also I have a friend who is very similar to you in many ways. I always say to him why did you write a 5 page background for yourself. Because he will seldom have it come out in his character unless you specifically ask the right question. Which rarely happens because we were not allowed to read his background so how would we know what to ask. Heres what I am hearing from you now. I think you actually enjoy roleplaying you just don't feel comfortable doing method acting and you don't want roleplaying to get in the way of your tactics. This to me says old skool, you need a game where there are no knowledge skills, so if you as a player know it you can use it. You also need a game thats heavy on the tactics end and where you can roll a skill rather than act out a scene. You also need like minded individuals to play said game. My solution D&D, any edition, you can hack the stuff out you dont want, then find some people who want a "Beer and Pretzels" game, perhaps WOW guild mates. Run it! Shadowrun may also be a decent fit. Ultimately though I think if you try and run it (and advertise it as such) you will find like minded players and perhaps even a DM you can switch off with. [/QUOTE]
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