New Posts For Thread: How to become good at roleplaying.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481505/How_to_become_good_at_roleplaying.Hey, I play a bit of D&D but this problem can relate to any tabletop game that I play. I am pretty good at building characters, but I have found that I am horrible at roleplaying.I have tried making social characters with great charisma and good skilYet actors work without scripts all the time, in improvisational theater scenes. Ninety percent of the ability to improvise come from getting support from the other actors: having them say "Yes" to your ideas, your offers, and then adding on to them,http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481505/How_to_become_good_at_roleplaying.?post_id=527402455#527402455Yet actors work without scripts all the time, in improvisational theater scenes. Ninety percent of the ability to improvise come from getting support from the other actors: having them say "Yes" to your ideas, your offers, and then adding on to them,Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:48:40 -0600I am like the OP. The problem is; RPG to all of us is like making a movie in our own mind with our toon as its main character. And like the movie we expect our toons to be in character, saying the right line at the right time in the right way in frhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481505/How_to_become_good_at_roleplaying.?post_id=527391923#527391923I am like the OP. The problem is; RPG to all of us is like making a movie in our own mind with our toon as its main character. And like the movie we expect our toons to be in character, saying the right line at the right time in the right way in frFri, 21 Dec 2012 05:00:20 -0600I've made that abundantly clear.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481505/How_to_become_good_at_roleplaying.?post_id=527371699#527371699I've made that abundantly clear.Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:53:05 -0600Centauri. Most would find haggling over prices boring, especially as it not really going to save them anything significant in the long run. But some groups do find it interesting. Sorry but who crowned you King of what's cool in the playground?Secondhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481505/How_to_become_good_at_roleplaying.?post_id=527368311#527368311Centauri. Most would find haggling over prices boring, especially as it not really going to save them anything significant in the long run. But some groups do find it interesting. Sorry but who crowned you King of what's cool in the playground?SecondThu, 20 Dec 2012 08:38:41 -0600Haha Death Star go boom M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M--M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-ulti-kill![/quote]Willing to kill a truckload of people to save the people he cares about....not unlike his dad.Edit: Hehe, Ulti...Yeah, that would be a good ulti for a Jedi fighttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29481505/How_to_become_good_at_roleplaying.?post_id=527356125#527356125Haha Death Star go boom M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M--M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-ulti-kill![/quote]Willing to kill a truckload of people to save the people he cares about....not unlike his dad.Edit: Hehe, Ulti...Yeah, that would be a good ulti for a Jedi figWed, 19 Dec 2012 18:44:18 -0600