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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6938900" data-attributes="member: 42582">Can you point me to a single passage in his DMG or PHB where Gygax talks about, or provides an example of, roleplaying in this sense?I don't know of any. I quoted extensively upthread from his discussion of preparing for an adventure, for instance, and the idea that PCs will have distinctive motivations and personalities is completely absent.Feel free to explain it. I gave an example, with reference to the coronoation of the current Queen of Australia, which explained why - in this context - I didn't see any difference.In particular, if the role of Falstaff the fighter is characterised (as Gygax characterises it, on p 7 of his PHB), in terms of stats, class and alignment, then "assuming" the role of Falstaff means making moves, in the game, in accordance with those stats and that class and alignment.</blockquote>