You know you are role playing when...

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ThacoBell

2.) You win a bet with another paladin by dying, and can still collect.

deltago

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LadyRhian

3.) You do things you never would in real life, like stealing from people, picking locks and stabbing people in the back... just because.

OrlonKronsteen

4.) You relish the thought of climbing into a submarine.

LadyRhian

5.) You recognize things, but admit your character does not.
6.) You loot everything that's not nailed down.

mlnevese

5) Your magic actually works

LadyRhian

7.) When your character says, "I can summon spirits from the vasty deep," they actually *do* come when you call!

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LadyRhian

9.) When you somehow take out a mythic threat... without being mythic yourself.

aka killed a Mythic Chimera (Soltengrebbe) in a Pathfinder campaign, and my character, an Aasimar Paladin Level 7, did the fatal damage via a smiting +2 Holy Cold Iron Longsword with Frost Damage. But while other characters are Mythic, she is not.

10.) You are fighting real demons and devils and you, instead of running, screaming in fear, away from them, are running, screaming in rage, towards them!

mlnevese

LadyRhian said:

9.) When you somehow take out a mythic threat... without being mythic yourself.

aka killed a Mythic Chimera (Soltengrebbe) in a Pathfinder campaign, and my character, an Aasimar Paladin Level 7, did the fatal damage via a smiting +2 Holy Cold Iron Longsword with Frost Damage. But while other characters are Mythic, she is not.

10.) You are fighting real demons and devils and you, instead of running, screaming in fear, away from them, are running, screaming in rage, towards them!

I must say that running toward demons is not a good idea... even on RPGs

LadyRhian

Well, when you are a Paladin, it's kind of expected!

voidofopinion

11) When your group makes you roll a new character because you focused absolutly everything into cha/persuade and started telling the DM what was going to happen.

LadyRhian

12.) When you fight just as well even if you are beaten up to the point of death (1 HP) or completely uninjured.

13.) When you talks about orcs as an actual creature and not just a type of hooligan or cretin.

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Permidion_Stark

15. When you look at a picture of yourself and think, "Wow, I am so good looking. I totally fancy me."

LadyRhian

15.) When you actually write up five ways to kill the Tarrasque, and favor the ones where you don't have to split the exp.

16.) In 1e, you boasted about killing 7 Tiamats and 9 Bahamuts (because, hey, it was in the DMG! Fair game, don'tchaknow!)

To be fair, the DMG did not state they were singular creatures...

17.) You die and immediately come back as a character whose name is an anagram of your own. (Fred, Derf, Dref, Ferd, etc.) (I had a player who did this.)

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LadyRhian said:

17.) You die and immediately come back as a character whose name is an anagram of your own. (Fred, Derf, Dref, Ferd, etc.) (I had a player who did this.)

In my first D&D group when I was in school one of the players insisted on calling his character Ted. Ted died but was taken to a temple and brought back to life. At which point he became Resurrec-Ted. Late he died again and was brought back to life by a druid. And from then on he was known as Reincarna-Ted.

LadyRhian

Permidion_Stark said:

LadyRhian said:

17.) You die and immediately come back as a character whose name is an anagram of your own. (Fred, Derf, Dref, Ferd, etc.) (I had a player who did this.)

In my first D&D group when I was in school one of the players insisted on calling his character Ted. Ted died but was taken to a temple and brought back to life. At which point he became Resurrec-Ted. Late he died again and was brought back to life by a druid. And from then on he was known as Reincarna-Ted.

LOL!

18.) When your character has godly comeliness and horrendous Charisma and can only pick up the other sex when they keep their gob shut. (Remember Comeliness?)

voidofopinion

LadyRhian said:

12.) When you fight just as well even if you are beaten up to the point of death (1 HP) or completely uninjured.

Stars Without Number is the one (partial) exception I have found. When you are close to your last few hitpoints you are supposed to act like you are dying. Taking cover. Limping around. Resting behind walls. Crying for help etc. But you still suffer no to hit penalty or anything like it. But at least it impacts RP.

19.) Passing around secret notes is an immediate cause for suspicion, anxiety, and dread.

mlnevese

The Storyteller system implemented increasing penalties as you got in worst health conditions as well.

LadyRhian

20.) You play an assassin, but the other people with you don't bat an eye.

voidofopinion

21.) When the Paladin has to conveniently leave the room so you can "interrogate" the prisoner.

LadyRhian

22.) When your Paladin's alignment can best be described as "Lawful Stupid", and everyone else's as "Chaotic Everywhere".

Skatan

23.) When you take the small good portions of yourself and extrapolate them into a character that is everything you want to be IRL, but really isn't. Heroic, kind, benevolent, strong, disciplined, good etc.

Skatan

24.) When you come up with a ridiculous name and then create a character around that based only on that name. Kinky the Kenku has been born.

I should have put those in the same post instead of spamming. Sorry.

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themazingness

4.) When your gud at cownting and spelling cus ur smawrt. I red a buk wants and I gawt intelligenter. Dats hou I got strownger and whiser to. I liek pie.

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Skatan

Off topic.

Shandyr said:

Skatan said:

23.) When you take the small good portions of yourself and extrapolate them into a character that is everything you want to be IRL, but really isn't. Heroic, kind, benevolent, strong, disciplined, good etc.

I have always wondered. What is roleplaying? Is it role playing when you play a character that is partly based on yourself? Does that "count"?

Isn't it rather real, true role playing when you play a character who is nothing like you. Who may be completely different.

The problem I'd have is that I could never relate to such a character.

But can that not be seen as one of the goals of role playing? To be able to get a feeling and understanding for characters (people) who are different from oneself?

I don't see why it shouldn't count even if your character is partly based on yourself. Hell, you could even roleplay yourself if you want to. There are no absolutes, at least not to me. If you can relate to your character that could make it easier for you to RP since you can guide your character's actions easier using instinct rather than just making it all up along the way. But neither is more right and neither is wrong.

But this is not the place to discuss this. EDIT: Scratch that, this is your thread so you set the rules. Sorry.

ThacoBell

voidofopinion said:

LadyRhian said:

12.) When you fight just as well even if you are beaten up to the point of death (1 HP) or completely uninjured.

Stars Without Number is the one (partial) exception I have found. When you are close to your last few hitpoints you are supposed to act like you are dying. Taking cover. Limping around. Resting behind walls. Crying for help etc. But you still suffer no to hit penalty or anything like it. But at least it impacts RP.

19.) Passing around secret notes is an immediate cause for suspicion, anxiety, and dread.

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Hit points aren't a direct correlation with how much you've been hit. They are an abstaraction to represent small knicks and cuts, maybe some minor blows that add up over time. Zero hitpoints just represents either finally taking that direct hit or all those minor injuries adding up through bloodloss overtime.