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Message: <blockquote data-quote="milotha" data-source="post: 1514573" data-attributes="member: 17122">I agree.  Good role playing starts with a good backstory.  Pick something silly, pick something hackneyed, pick something serious, pick something over the top.  Have fun with your backstory.  If all else fails parrot a character from a movie or a book.I find the more detailed my backstory and the more outlandish the character, the more fun it is to play.  This gets me into the mind of my character.  Let's me know how they think, what makes them tick.  Next ask yourself a bunch of questions.  Pose a few moral quandries.  Why am I adventuring?  What would I do if I found a bag of money in the street?  Am I the type to take prisoners?  What are my long term goals?  After doing this, the role playing will come naturally.  Don't do what you would do in the situation.  Do what your character would do.</blockquote>