All Questions
Tagged with roleplaying player-characters
18
questions
11
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Game was fun for a year but suddenly is not? [closed]
So this may be a long story but my group and I have been playing “The Curse of Strahd” for a little over a year. It has been a really amazing and wonderful time. Everyone got a long so well and the ...
- 119
28
votes
4
answers
5k
views
My characters, though different classes/races/etc., always seem to have similar personalities. Is this a problem, and, if so, how can I fix it?
This is a question about something I've noticed in my own play style, asked because I want to make sure that I and those I play with enjoy the game as much as possible.
I played AD&D and 2e ten ...
- 2,293
1
vote
0
answers
63
views
What's a good resource to learn about advanced character and narrative development? [closed]
I've seen the "50 questions to ask yourself about your character" lists. Those are very helpful early on and I still use them after 10 years of roleplay.
I think I'd like to move into more advanced ...
- 121
1
vote
0
answers
86
views
Character development question for a god of Knowledge and Machines: How to make a god an interesting character? [closed]
System
We are playing a custom system, and in the system we are all gods that create a universe, having mortals with a primary planet. The mortals are in the early iron age.
There is a rotating GM, ...
- 121
20
votes
3
answers
3k
views
How can I encourage a fellow player to develop a character a bit more?
As a player myself, I would like to encourage another player to add a little nuance to his dark and cringey character.
The player in question is young and quite enthusiastic, didn't derail anything in-...
- 1,192
-3
votes
2
answers
255
views
How can I roleplay a character who's been lobotomized? [closed]
I am doing a Starfinder campaign playing a Ysoki technomancer who had a black market brain augmentation go wrong, resulting in a "unique type of emergency lobotomization."
I was lucky in my ability ...
32
votes
2
answers
5k
views
Should my "average" PC be able to discern the potential of encountering a gelatinous cube from subtle clues?
Relatively new to DnD/TTRPGs. Playing a Barb with +0 to INT and -1 to WIS. I just realized that my party might be walking right into a gelatinous cube. What is considered "average" intelligence and ...
- 323
10
votes
4
answers
1k
views
Is using the same theme over and over again a sign of being too attached to a concept? [closed]
I have been playing in several roleplay groups taking place in different systems. I have noticed that while the personality of my character can vary to a degree, I always end up playing with a nature ...
- 21.7k
27
votes
9
answers
5k
views
How can I roleplay a follower-type character when I as a player have a leader-type personality?
Background
When I started playing RPGs, I made characters with high intelligence and problem-solving skills. As an engineer, these kinds of characters were similar to myself in real life and suited my ...
- 31k
5
votes
3
answers
1k
views
How can my new character avoid being a role-playing handicap to the party? [closed]
I play D&D-5e online on Roll 20 with a friend and some of his friends.
Background
Recently in the campaign, a member of our party (neutral alignment) (ab)used his position of power among ...
- 153
5
votes
0
answers
611
views
What can I do to roleplay better in DnD? [closed]
I have been playing D&D for nearly 2 years with the same character, a female elven monk who is a sage librarian. I was previously in a party where role playing wasn't pushed as much as it is in ...
- 51
11
votes
3
answers
323
views
How to quickly get into one-off characters?
After doing longer campaigns for a while, my group is now getting into a series of one shots to try different settings, systems and overall experiences.
What I realized so far when playing one-off ...
- 113
4
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Tips for getting into character [closed]
I'm relatively new to D&D and I'm rolling my second character. While I enjoyed my first one, he didn't have much of a personality.
This next time around, I'm aiming to play a Swashbuckler ...
- 367
14
votes
7
answers
6k
views
The group won't let me use my character quirk
So I made a new character, and as an experiment I decided to use a character quirk to make it a bit more interesting. I used a random generator and came up with
"Your character is prone to absent-...
- 23.1k
53
votes
5
answers
10k
views
Why wouldn’t I just run away from the eldritch horror?
I am struggling with character motivations in Call of Cthulhu or similarly investigative horror settings. For some reason I seem to have issues imagining the reasoning behind characters who really ...
- 10.3k