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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TikkchikFenTikktikk" data-source="post: 5180173" data-attributes="member: 67494">Bookmarked. Nice.I've recently learned to roleplay more during combat because my D&D Encounters DM is running the sessions like a boardgame.I've come up with a combat gimmick for my Githzerai Monk, Dak. He fights with a bottle of wine in his hand. (Monk's don't need to spend their starting 100g on armor, weapons, or books, so I spent all of mine on wine bottles). His signature move is the Drunken Monkey.When it is Dak's turn, I no longer just say "Dak uses Drunken Monkey to move next to the zombie, then attacks it" with a quick attack roll and damage roll. Instead I stay in character and say something like "I was taking a pull off the bottle when the corruption zombie hit me with that mote of corruption. That bastard's gonna pay! Stumbling into my Drunken Monkey form, I lurch through the crowd to shove the broken bottle's neck down his!" Rolls to hit and damage. Etc., etc., if I hit or miss.Another flavor enhancer is that sometimes Dak is finishing up a bottle as combat is entered, and he'll throw it at a target as an improvised ranged attack, especially if it isn't a tactically sound move.On paper it looks like this would slow down the game, but it actually makes 4E feel much less grindy and much more cinematic.Having players develop in-character combat rituals (like a baseball player's superstitions, not like actual in game magic rituals), catch phrases, and personalized descriptions of what their powers actually do and look like in-game really keeps that immersion going through what can be the biggest role-playing mood-destroyer in the game.The flavor text on a power should be treated with equal importance to the power's effects!</blockquote>

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