• novioso@geddit.social
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    1 year ago

    I 100% relate to this! It gets really old being the only one who plays their character instead of themselves, and I try to help others be motivated to engage, but lots of times it doesn’t work out and it feels like I’m a frontman to the whole group when that’s really not what I want at all.

    I actually really appreciate the basic intro to FATE core because of this. When I led a one-off it’s what I started all the players with before they created characters, and I feel like it helped them become more engaged. The rules of your character in FATE Core are (my summary):

    1. Your characters are proactive, competent, and dramatic
    2. you are an active participant in storytelling - everything needs to make sense - narrate your rolls and justify [using inspiration]
    3. Fighting isn’t the best outcome many times, look for creative solutions as you can
    • Caesar_Wolfman@ttrpg.networkOP
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      1 year ago

      I used to be in a lot of bad groups, with really horrible DMs and they would regularly shame me for actually roleplaying my character and engaging in roleplay instead of just shitposting and being a dumbass, or for like, actually making a character instead of exclusively hyper-optimizing for solely combat.