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<blockquote data-quote="Hriston" data-source="post: 8207016" data-attributes="member: 6787503">But those are mechanical choices the player is making. I get that doing things like this can help someone get into and feel like their character, and it occurs to me that the original advice to play within the scores on the sheet was probably aimed in that direction, so I think that can be good advice for someone who has trouble imagining a fictional character, as a sort of stepping stone to becoming immersed once those choices have been internalized. As I said up thread, this is very similar to how scripting and blocking operate in acting. It seems strange to me to import that sort of thing into a medium where what the character does is not pre-determined, but I can see how it can work as a foundation for immersion. Personally, however, I think it would be better advice to not underestimate players and simply tell them to play the character they imagine. That way, precious game-time can be spent on immersive experiences as that character rather than something more akin to an acting exercise, which is something I don't think most RPGers are down for.I don't understand this. I meant that how you roleplay your character literally will not change your ability scores. It won't, not in any edition of D&amp;D I've ever played.This advice is to hold your tongue and not participate in the game. How is that immersive? I don't think it mirrors the experience of being an unintelligent person at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hriston, post: 8207016, member: 6787503"] But those are mechanical choices the player is making. I get that doing things like this can help someone get into and [I]feel like[/I] their character, and it occurs to me that the original advice to play within the scores on the sheet was probably aimed in that direction, so I think that [I]can[/I] be good advice for someone who has trouble imagining a fictional character, as a sort of stepping stone to becoming immersed once those choices have been internalized. As I said up thread, this is very similar to how scripting and blocking operate in acting. It seems strange to me to import that sort of thing into a medium where what the character does is not pre-determined, but I can see how it can work as a foundation for immersion. Personally, however, I think it would be better advice to not underestimate players and simply tell them to play the character they imagine. That way, precious game-time can be spent on immersive experiences as that character rather than something more akin to an acting exercise, which is something I don't think most RPGers are down for. I don't understand this. I meant that how you roleplay your character literally will not change your ability scores. It won't, not in any edition of D&D I've ever played. This advice is to hold your tongue and not participate in the game. How is that immersive? I don't think it mirrors the experience of being an unintelligent person at all. [/QUOTE]

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