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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 1182333" data-attributes="member: 9037">This can be avoided if you give your character some background and motives other than killing and looting for kewl items. Why is your character a fighter, who did he train with, were there students who were his rivals, friends?&nbsp; It is not hard to come up with background and motivations for&nbsp; your character and why they do things. For example I play an archer in my current game. For her background I gave her mother who was a paladin and a noble and a father who was a blacksmith son. She wants to be like her mother but she does not have the personality to follow a paladin's strict code. So she compensates for that by trying to be more religious than even a cleric sometimes to the point that the rest of the party wished she would just shut up. It has made for some great role playing. I think to role play well you need to look past your stats and class and if possible don't play the sterotype of the class or race.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 1182333, member: 9037"] This can be avoided if you give your character some background and motives other than killing and looting for kewl items. Why is your character a fighter, who did he train with, were there students who were his rivals, friends? It is not hard to come up with background and motivations for your character and why they do things. For example I play an archer in my current game. For her background I gave her mother who was a paladin and a noble and a father who was a blacksmith son. She wants to be like her mother but she does not have the personality to follow a paladin's strict code. So she compensates for that by trying to be more religious than even a cleric sometimes to the point that the rest of the party wished she would just shut up. It has made for some great role playing. I think to role play well you need to look past your stats and class and if possible don't play the sterotype of the class or race. [/QUOTE]

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