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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 5575919" data-attributes="member: 3887">My experience is quite different. I find players who like to role-play, which is to say, to pretend to be an elf with a favorite color and daddy issues --ie, with some characterization to go along with their character class-- will do so regardless of the use of a battlemat and minis. Conversely, players who prefer characters like Melf the Elf IV, who live only for combat, treasure and levels, will not be made significantly deeper in the absence of representational aids. Also, you can role-play during fight scenes. Why should characterization and character immersion stop when the swords come out? It doesn't in my campaigns. Some of the most interesting character bits came from combat, such as the battle cries, &quot;Not in the face!&quot;, and &quot;For Universal Healthcare!&quot;, which neatly summed up the PC's Meiji Kitsune and Lizzie Lutzmueller, respectively.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 5575919, member: 3887"] My experience is quite different. I find players who [i]like[/i] to role-play, which is to say, to pretend to be an elf with a favorite color and daddy issues --ie, with some [i]characterization[/i] to go along with their [i]character class[/i]-- will do so regardless of the use of a battlemat and minis. Conversely, players who prefer characters like Melf the Elf IV, who live only for combat, treasure and levels, will not be made significantly deeper in the absence of representational aids. Also, you can role-play during fight scenes. Why should characterization and character immersion stop when the swords come out? It doesn't in my campaigns. Some of the most interesting character bits came from combat, such as the battle cries, "Not in the face!", and "For Universal Healthcare!", which neatly summed up the PC's Meiji Kitsune and Lizzie Lutzmueller, respectively. [/QUOTE]

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