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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 4961058" data-attributes="member: 5143">Meh, I think at this point, he's settled down from mentioning it all the time.  But he did it often enough that if he EVER does it again, I'll be forced to beat him upside the head for it.  Well, maybe not...we play at his house.  *grin*In a way, yes.  We play a very plot based game.  The goal is to figure out how to solve the plot and work together in order to get it done.Whether someone is a Shifter or not holds no bearing on whether he uses a Healing Word on me this round of combat or whether he wants to look for the magic items or search the library for information about our foe.Well, unless you want to stereotype the race.  You could say that being a Shifter he doesn't have the patience or intelligence to want to do the book reading thing and therefore will decide to go find magic items instead.  Or, we could just establish that he can pick either option regardless of his race...which means his race doesn't matter.I admit, members of my group are...impatient when it comes to roleplaying.  They'll allow a small bit of roleplaying when it seems appropriate.  Preferably limited to one liners to avoid slowing down the game.Certainly not never.  We all mentioned it in our descriptions when we were level 1.  That was 6 months ago, of course.Ironically enough, because of this thread I put this to the test a couple of weeks ago.  I pointed out that I had no idea what race at least half the party was, since it had never really come up.  I mentioned this thread and it seems the sentiment in the group was "Sure, it never came up...but it just isn't that important."I know our Warlock is a Warforged.  But I had no idea for the first 4 or 5 sessions.  I thought he was a Tiefling...I think just because he acted kind of "evil" and was a Warlock.  I only found out he was a Warforged when he told us he was holding 1 Sword and 2 Rods in order to get the benefit of all 3 properties.  I asked him how and he said "Embedded Components.  That's the reason I'm playing a Warforged."  I know his name is Rock.  That might have been a hint...but it wasn't.  When I brought up this thread to him and said "I had no idea you were a Warforged for the first 5 or 6 sessions, by the way.  You don't really do anything to roleplay the fact that you are a Warforged", he replied, "I don't know how to roleplay a Warforged.  There's nothing you can do to roleplay them."  I laughed.  He didn't get it.Our Wizard...I found out he was an Eladrin after I brought up this thread.  I only know he's the guy who abuses Lasting Frost.  When I think back, I did have one hint he was Eladrin a couple of sessions ago when we got transported to the Feywild and he mentioned being back home.  I only remember that his name is Immeral, which people keep mispronouncing Emeril.  So every time his initiative comes up, I yell out "BAM!"Our Cleric is the aforementioned Shifter.  We know him.Our Barbarian is a Minotaur.  He doesn't let us forget it.  He is a charging specialist who likes to gore people with his horns.  Also, his name is Moostafa.We have a Warlord.  I...still don't know what race he is.  It was told to me 2 weeks ago when I mentioned this thread.  I've forgotten again.  It's not important enough for me to remember.  The player of this character switches characters every second week or so.  We're used to him just "getting bored" with his character so often, we barely remember who they are anymore.We're just focused on finding the materials we need to make magic items in order to defeat the big bad guy right now.  I'm fairly certain my character doesn't much care if the people helping him save the world are Shifters or Humans or Mind Flayers...as long as they are helping.  And they don't hurt trees.  Or Rocks.  Rocks are my friends.Oh, I'm a Dwarven Warden.</blockquote>

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