I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons for about half a year now and I thought I would share some of the better tips I have heard for improving your role play skills.
Stay engaged no matter what, you are pretending to be someone else and just because you wouldn't find something interesting doesn't mean your character wouldn't. Make sure you interact with your fellow party members, talk to npcs, and make note of all the little things your character would actually be doing. As an example don't speed testjust say you set up camp, actually go through the motions involved in doing so you don't have to do it every time but try it at least once for the experience.
Take a psych test in character, not the ones that are multiple choice but the moral and ethical question ones like "You see a shop keeper being intimidated by the city guard?" You will find thinking about these kind of scenarios in character outside of play sessions will help you react quicker and more in character when such moral quandaries show up in the gashowboxme.
Give what your character says context don't just "How are you today." smile as you say it add an excited tone of voice reveal the kind of person your character is by showing us the kind of emotion they put behind their words.
The DM doesn't need to be there for you to role play, when the DM isn't around take the opportunity to talk in character. Share back story, discuss recent events, or better yet just try shooting the shit in character.
Remember it is and isn't a game. We play to have fun but at the same time you're not. The best role playing is done when for brief amount of time you become another person, who is really going through these experiences and you will start taking what happens very seriously because what happens matters a lot to the person you are trying to be.
Hopefully this helps you as much as it has helped me.
I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons for about half a year now and I thought I would share some of the better tips I have heard for improving your role play skills.
Stay engaged no matter what, you are pretending to be someone else and just because you wouldn't find something interesting doesn't mean your character wouldn't. Make sure you interact with your fellow party members, talk to npcs, and make note of all the little things your character would actually be doing. As an example don't speed test just say you set up camp, actually go through the motions involved in doing so you don't have to do it every time but try it at least once for the experience.
Take a psych test in character, not the ones that are multiple choice but the moral and ethical question ones like "You see a shop keeper being intimidated by the city guard?" You will find thinking about these kind of scenarios in character outside of play sessions will help you react quicker and more in character when such moral quandaries show up in the gashowbox me.
Give what your character says context don't just "How are you today." smile as you say it add an excited tone of voice reveal the kind of person your character is by showing us the kind of emotion they put behind their words.
The DM doesn't need to be there for you to role play, when the DM isn't around take the opportunity to talk in character. Share back story, discuss recent events, or better yet just try shooting the shit in character.
Remember it is and isn't a game. We play to have fun but at the same time you're not. The best role playing is done when for brief amount of time you become another person, who is really going through these experiences and you will start taking what happens very seriously because what happens matters a lot to the person you are trying to be.
Hopefully this helps you as much as it has helped me.