Questions tagged [roleplaying]
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How can I connect my character to the group? [closed]
So firstly; I have seen this question which is sort of going in the right direction, but it's more about incentive, rather than interaction. I have a Dampyr Soulknife Rogue that has a background of &...
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How do you play as a Zeky-lineage Promethean in a CoD chronicle?
The New World of Darkness—now known as Chronicles of Darkness—introduced a new type of character called Prometheans. These beings are constructed from one or more dismembered and reassembled corpses, ...
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Exactly how far does helping the party go? [closed]
Like, say I'm a pixie cleric, who has literally just met the rest of the group earlier today, both in and out of character. For some reason, part of the group tries to break into the sleeping quarters ...
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In Curse of Strahd, could the players leave Barovia if they join the Vistani?
Assuming that the players go out of their way to curry favor with the Vistani in such a way that doesn't force them to abandon the PC for their own lives, could the PCs possibly join the Vistani ...
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How to get more people involved in roleplay?
I currently run a small LARP (As already discussed at length in other questions), and am looking for some advice on getting more people involved in roleplay during the game, which is primarily a ...
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How to represent characters who are supposed to be intimidating?
So, in my particular LARP, currently there is a character who is an ancient evil entity (Archdevil). We (the game designers) want to make him intimidating, but aside from mechanical buffs (which we've ...
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How do I run charisma based skill checks alongside role playing in D&D 5th edition?
I will provide some context to my question here. I have a current issue with a game I have been running (I am the DM) when it comes to asking players to make charisma based skill checks during ...
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How to use charisma in role play mechanics? [closed]
The scenario: We've been playing a DnD 5e campaign for over a year. I'm playing a L8 tiefling sorcerer with dragon ancestry. We finally confronted a White Dragon, between Young and Adult age (it was ...
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What should I do? My GM seems very dismissive of my choices and is not giving good reasons for it
Summary of the Problem My GM does not like the name of my character but gives poor reasons for not liking it and is gung-ho to change aspects of my character for little reason. What do I do to protect ...
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How can I as a player handle the NPCs in a campaign stealing the spotlight?
To preface this, I'll start by saying that I've been playing D&D for years! I've been a player in plenty of campaigns, and have ran a couple 5e campaigns of my own. My point is, I have quite a bit ...
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How to provide opportunities for role playing in a single player campaign focused on travelling and wilderness survival?
I am preparing to run a single person campaign for a friend and I'm not quite sure how to provide them enough roleplaying opportunities, especially since a big part of the campaign will involve ...
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How to introduce a dangerous looking character to the rest of the party?
So, I am running a DnD campaign, and we have another player joining. Not really in the middle of the campaign, but the party already played a few sessions without him. Now the problem is, that the new ...
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How to make a session that doesn't have combat, NPC's or dialog? [closed]
My group will be heading into a strange, alien wilderness that will have no NPC's, no dialog and no combat. Without the back and forth or dialogue, meeting new characters, etc. I'm having trouble ...
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How to role play a character with low constitution in DND [closed]
So I have rolled up stats for a new character in one of my friend's campaigns. I am a ranger, and the party is stuck in a forest. As such I am "the leader of the party". As it stands the ...
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My Character feels useless compared to the party
We’re playing Tomb of Annihilation. Three of us are goliath brothers. Me and another are barbarians and the other is a druid. Our newest player is an elf ranger. My backstory is that I come from a ...
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