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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 6345410" data-attributes="member: 50895">Really? In what way is roleplaying in 1978 less sophisticated than today? In my experience, the level of roleplaying done by players in general was far more in depth and sophistocated in 1978, than any game I've played since 1990, as if the closer we are to today, the less sophistocated roleplaying has become. It is isn't new and improved today, it seems to be abbreviated and hand-waved to a mere shadow of the level of roleplay I experienced in past decades. In fact when I put in the effort of roleplaying in a recent game, the newer players look at me strangely, as if I'm doing something odd. The way the new players run their characters is more like "my fighter does this..." instead of 'I reach into my belt and pull the sword from the scabbard and cry out, "Cry havoc yonder dogs of war!" (This may just apply to my game, but it 'seems' the new players are less willing to 'roleplay'.)I consider WCYD and WYA as apples and oranges. If I were to describe myself, as to WCID, I'd emphasize creativity, skills in cartography and graphic design and a deep intuition into whatever my mind is set upon at the moment. 'What I do', however, is a separate concept as to 'who I am'. Who I am involves my personality, my network of friends and family, and the kind of person I am - not what I do. I treat my PC concepts the same, WCID and WIA are 2 separate entities and separate discussions.While there might be some game systems that put a greater emphasis on background concepts more than the other, being primarily a D&D/PF gamer, I've never needed a system to ask those questions on character concept. I've always treat it with a worksheet I fill out myself, and have my players fill out pertaining to what makes their character tick. I include flaws, past incidences that helped meld a certain personality and view of how this character fits in the party and fits in the wider world. I've never considered building one's background in any way reliant on the game system one is playing. Rather an add-on requirement of any character in establishing who they are and what they do. I see character class features and skills as skill sets only, and not a driving force into who they are, only applying to what they do.</blockquote>

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