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<blockquote data-quote="ProfessorCirno" data-source="post: 5434488" data-attributes="member: 65637">Fun note: if you are judging them based on their character sheet and not their character, you are metagaming.The first thing I do both as DM and player is to talk about the character.&nbsp; Not the mechanics, the character.&nbsp; If I have no problems with that - and I typically don't! - I glance over the sheet to make sure everything is ok.Here's the important bit - I hear about the character first because that's what matters.&nbsp; If I have a problem with the character, it's something that should come out in their description, not how many PrCs or classes they have.What I'm seeing is a lot of people who are very badly mixing up OoC and IC here.&nbsp; Fistbeard Beardfist ICly is a very dwarven monk who's stout and handles attacks not with pansy elven jumping around and dodging, but by blocking them properly with big fat meaty dwarf arms.&nbsp; Also he uses his beard to attack.&nbsp; If I have a problem with that, I say &quot;Hey, the beard thing is too much,&quot; and at this point Dandu can change that part of his character immidiately and easily.&nbsp; At no point do I need to check his character sheet to make sure he's &quot;roleplaying correctly.&quot;In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb - if you need to check someone's character sheet to make sure they're roleplaying &quot;properly,&quot; they're not the one with the problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProfessorCirno, post: 5434488, member: 65637"] Fun note: if you are judging them based on their character sheet and not their character, you are metagaming. The first thing I do both as DM and player is to talk about the character. Not the mechanics, the character. If I have no problems with that - and I typically don't! - I glance over the sheet to make sure everything is ok. Here's the important bit - I hear about the character first because [B]that's what matters[/B]. If I have a problem with the character, it's something that should come out in their description, not how many PrCs or classes they have. What I'm seeing is a lot of people who are very badly mixing up OoC and IC here. Fistbeard Beardfist ICly is a very dwarven monk who's stout and handles attacks not with pansy elven jumping around and dodging, but by blocking them properly with big fat meaty dwarf arms. Also he uses his beard to attack. If I have a problem with that, I say "Hey, the beard thing is too much," and at this point Dandu can change that part of his character immidiately and [B]easily[/B]. At no point do I need to check his character sheet to make sure he's "roleplaying correctly." In fact, I'm going to go out on a limb - if you need to check someone's character sheet to make sure they're roleplaying "properly," they're not the one with the problem. [/QUOTE]

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