Difference between revisions of "What is Roleplaying?"
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'''Role-playing''' - acting a particular role. | '''Role-playing''' - acting a particular role. | ||
Role-playing is pretending. As children we would "play" school or doctor. We | Role-playing is pretending. As children we would "play" school or doctor. We role-play when we act in a play. When we do numerous other things that involve us "pretending" to be something we are not we are role-playing. All of us have this intuitive ability. A Role-playing game is just a place to give this unbridled creativity a few rules and an appropriate environment. | ||
Since you will be "pretending" to be someone you are not, you must first decide who you will be. | Since you will be "pretending" to be someone you are not, you must first decide who you will be. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:00, 9 May 2019
When you begin any project, the first step is to figure out what your goal is; in this case our goal is to learn what role-playing is and to do it to the best of our ability. We can start this with a definition.
Role-playing - acting a particular role.
Role-playing is pretending. As children we would "play" school or doctor. We role-play when we act in a play. When we do numerous other things that involve us "pretending" to be something we are not we are role-playing. All of us have this intuitive ability. A Role-playing game is just a place to give this unbridled creativity a few rules and an appropriate environment.
Since you will be "pretending" to be someone you are not, you must first decide who you will be.
