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<blockquote data-quote="Retros_x" data-source="post: 9243725" data-attributes="member: 7033171">What, no. Method Acting has nothing to do with freeform roleplay. Its a special form of acting technique where every rehearsal is focused on bringing the actors own memories, experiences and feeling into the role they play. Thats why for example Robert DeNiro worked multiple 12h shifts as a real taxi driver for the movie Taxi Driver. He wanted to experience himself how it is to be a taxi driver in New York City, so his could built on his own experiences when acting in the movie.I never heard of tabletop roleplayers doing similar methods for tabletop roleplaying. Heck I never heard of tabletop roleplayers doing just a normal rehearsal. Because its not acting. You might have better luck in LARP, when people are actually running through the woods with theatre swords and armor.And no again, roleplaying is not acting. Otherwise we would call it acting, because actors act from their characters perspective. You can use acting as an expression in roleplaying, but you don't have to. Instead of acting out with a silly voice and accent, its perfectly fine roleplay to just describe in 3rd person in your normal player voice: &quot;My paladin Aragorn tries to persuade the king to spare the lifes of them by appealing to his conscience as a noble man.&quot; Thats perfectly fine roleplaying, just stating an action with a method and/or intention.&nbsp; The 5e PHBs describes this sentiment on p. 185,186, and many other TTRPGs have similar statements in their rulebooks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retros_x, post: 9243725, member: 7033171"] What, no. Method Acting has nothing to do with freeform roleplay. Its a special form of acting technique where every rehearsal is focused on bringing the actors own memories, experiences and feeling into the role they play. Thats why for example Robert DeNiro worked multiple 12h shifts as a real taxi driver for the movie Taxi Driver. He wanted to experience himself how it is to be a taxi driver in New York City, so his could built on his own experiences when acting in the movie. I never heard of tabletop roleplayers doing similar methods for tabletop roleplaying. Heck I never heard of tabletop roleplayers doing just a normal rehearsal. Because its not acting. You might have better luck in LARP, when people are actually running through the woods with theatre swords and armor. And no again, roleplaying is not acting. Otherwise we would call it acting, because actors act from their characters perspective. You can use acting as an expression in roleplaying, but you don't have to. Instead of acting out with a silly voice and accent, its perfectly fine roleplay to just describe in 3rd person in your normal player voice: "My paladin Aragorn tries to persuade the king to spare the lifes of them by appealing to his conscience as a noble man." Thats perfectly fine roleplaying, just stating an action with a method and/or intention. The 5e PHBs describes this sentiment on p. 185,186, and many other TTRPGs have similar statements in their rulebooks. [/QUOTE]

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