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How Much Playacting Do You GM's Do?

Started by Daddy Warpig, February 09, 2013, 11:38:40 AM

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DestroyYouAlot

#45
February 12, 2013, 07:24:29 PM
Quote from: Lynn;627701That brings up a very closely related point - sustaining atmosphere. We do the voices, mannerisms, etc to immerse. If you aren't doing this, where goes immersion? What else do you do for immersion if you don't? I can't imagine not doing the voices.

I have a situation in a game I play in where the DM will sometimes insert commentary based on players decisions in previous games ("heh, someone won't forget to lock your door this time!"). Totally breaks the immersion.

Works a treat at our table.  That's the strokes/folks continuum for ya.
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February 13, 2013, 01:39:32 PM
Quote from: Lynn;627701That brings up a very closely related point - sustaining atmosphere. We do the voices, mannerisms, etc to immerse. If you aren't doing this, where goes immersion? What else do you do for immersion if you don't? I can't imagine not doing the voices.

I have a situation in a game I play in where the DM will sometimes insert commentary based on players decisions in previous games ("heh, someone won't forget to lock your door this time!"). Totally breaks the immersion.

Immersion is really what it's all about for me. Perhaps it's different if you are playing in the old school skirmish game with minis approach. That's fine, but it's not for me.
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#47
February 13, 2013, 01:44:35 PM
Quote from: soviet;626805We play sat on armchairs so I don't normally act out things physically, but it happens occasionally. One time I nearly killed a PC by doing this.

How did you almost kill a PC? Did you mean player?

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#48
February 13, 2013, 05:34:08 PM
Quote from: Ghost Whistler;627937Immersion is really what it's all about for me. Perhaps it's different if you are playing in the old school skirmish game with minis approach. That's fine, but it's not for me.

Same for me, and pretty much everyone I have played with does some voices - pretty much from my Blue Box days.
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soviet

#49
February 13, 2013, 05:45:43 PM
Quote from: flyingmice;627939How did you almost kill a PC? Did you mean player?

-clash

We did sort of a live action bit where I play acted a bad guy walking into the room. I was holding something in my hand behind my back. I walked in, said 'catch' and threw it to one of the players (also physically play acting his character). He caught it on instinct. It was (representing) a grenade.

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#50
February 13, 2013, 10:25:26 PM
I've done it as a goof before, but not really in character. Usually a character's name or picture will remind me of someone or a line from a movie or even a song. I can do a few impressions pretty well and sometimes one of them just sticks: for example, I once had an evil wizard who sounded like James Mason.
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#51
February 14, 2013, 01:27:50 PM
When I get off my chair, the players know I'm about to go into play-acting overdrive.

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