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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4956840" data-attributes="member: 22779">But, if you never bring that aesthetic to the table, who cares?  "My character would look great portrayed by Idris Elba" is fantastic.  Great.  Wonderful.Now, communicate that fact to the rest of the players at the table.Because if, in your mind, your character looks like Idris Elba, but you never once refer to yourself that way, in no way mention any physical aspect of your character, then how is anyone at the table EVER going to recognize that aesthetic choice?That's the point I keep coming back to.  It's all well and good to have these ideas in your head, but, until they actually get brought up in play, how do they exist anywhere else?  You can picture your character however you want.  That's a good thing.  You should have a mental picture of your character.But, until you show everyone else that picture, who cares?  If it only exists in your mind, then it certainly isn't being role played.So, you're saying that if Ripley was replaced by a male actor, then all the dynamics of Alien, and especially Alien 2, would be exactly the same?Note, there's nothing saying you can't replace the characters.  What I'm saying is if you replace the characters, then they are going to be received differently.Sacrificial Lamb - I understand what you're saying.  But the response is pretty much the same as what I said to Barastrondo.  You chose to play a half-elf, just because.  No deep thought, no real reason in particular.  How is anyone playing with you going to know that you are a half elf?  Are you saying that every single NPC in the world should react to you in exactly the same way regardless of your race?  Are you claiming that all the PC's should treat you exactly the same regardless of your race?  But, if you never bring it up, and everyone else doesn't think to ask, then that's exactly what's going to happen.  For the umpteenth time, please don't put words in my mouth.  I'm asking for thirty seconds of effort once in a while to establish an obvious, visible fact about your character.  The character is not human.  Unless you take some pains to hide that fact (which in turn draws attention at the table to the fact that your character isn't human and serves the same purpose), people are going to recognize your character as being different.I'm not saying that it MUST BE A MAJOR DEAL.  What I'm saying is that players should make a minimal amount of effort to establish fairly obvious physical facts about their characters.  Wow, you guys make it sound like I'm demanding so much.  I'm asking for 30 seconds of work.  Is it really so much to ask?</blockquote>

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