Just a vibe check of the Lemmy community with a deliberately exaggerated meme.

A reddit post would get flooded with argumentative mini-essays from folks who can’t string together 5 words in-character.

  • Linkandluke@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A player playing a barbarian isn’t expected to deadlift a boulder IRL to prove his character in game is strong.

    Why should a player playing a warlock be required to make a persuasive argument IRL to get to prove his character in game is persuasive.

    I mean I get a little narration makes the game more fun and diving into the social aspects are just as important as the combat. But We are playing a fantasy game to let people embody whatever fantasy they want and some people just might want to be a lot more charismatic