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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MostlyHarmless42" data-source="post: 7073225" data-attributes="member: 6845520">I do try and invest myself into any games I run or play in, and encourage the rest of the party to do the same, as they will. As a player, I tend to method act, slipping into a character and staying in their shoes for the entire session, or at least trying to. This desire goes so far as to being part of why I dislike electronic devices in my games, as I feel they are a distracting influence that breaks immersion. ...more on topic though, I have had in the past more than a few moments of players being devoted or invested in their characters, my party just had a severe moment of frustration a few sessions back where they were forced to hand over the woman they were sworn to protect to a vampire (we're playing Curse of Strahd), in order to be able to survive through the night and thus buy them time to find a way to save her/stop the vampire. While we weren't necessarily all yelling at each other in character much, the emotions round the room were palpable, and it was not a decision they took lightly. That said my party has been very hit or miss with how much roleplaying they do vs saying what they do (i.e. shouting and raving vs saying "my character is livid and not happy about this".), but this tends to be for a couple reasons: first we live in an apartment, and a bunch of us screaming bloody murder (literally in some cases) would not go well with the neighbors. Second, one of my players suffers from anxiety and panic attacks, so can be a bit sensitive to people being emotional around her. It has caused us to reign in angry or negative moments a bit, as it doesn't help us much if we end up triggering the poor girl. This doesn't make our games any less entertaining or emotional mind you, just something we consider.</blockquote>

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