Role playing question

gideon_thorne · Post by **gideon_thorne** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:36 am

What your looking for is more in the realm of theatrical arts. I recommend looking into your local theater, college campus performing arts, or ren faire group.
Role playing, in an rpg, in general is more along the lines of a few bits of random one liners and talking ones way through a situation. I don't think there are actually any books specific to the subject, honestly.
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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:28 am

gideon_thorne wrote:
What your looking for is more in the realm of theatrical arts. I recommend looking into your local theater, college campus performing arts, or ren faire group.
Role playing, in an rpg, in general is more along the lines of a few bits of random one liners and talking ones way through a situation. I don't think there are actually any books specific to the subject, honestly.

Gotta get me to a Ren Faire one day.

There is one book on RPG role playing and that by the Father of the Game.
Role-Playing Mastery by Gary Gygax.

A good book for beginners, but it does have some advanced material. Parts of the book are a bit dry, but it's very helpful and interesting.
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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:31 am

Oh, and welcome to Malakai. Glad to have you with us.

I might also recommend the C&C Player's Handbook. There are some very sound and good recommendations for enhancing the role-playing experience for those that wish to put more of it in their game.

The AD&D 1E PH also has some general thoughts on this subject in the forward, preface and introduction.

Methinks, there are other good sources, so if I have or think of any, I will return!!

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Zudrak · Post by **Zudrak** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:26 pm

gideon_thorne wrote:
What your looking for is more in the realm of theatrical arts. I recommend looking into your local theater, college campus performing arts, or ren faire group.
Role playing, in an rpg, in general is more along the lines of a few bits of random one liners and talking ones way through a situation. I don't think there are actually any books specific to the subject, honestly.

This was one of the textbooks we used in college:
Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen

I was a theatre major.
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serleran · Post by **serleran** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:48 pm

Books on psychology would also be of use.

Zudrak · Post by **Zudrak** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:29 pm

Rhuvein wrote:
Role-Playing Mastery by Gary Gygax.

A good book for beginners, but it does have some advanced material. Parts of the book are a bit dry, but it's very helpful and interesting.

I missed your post here, Rhu. I got that book from eBay last year. I haven't read it yet. Thanks for the mini-review. From what I have heard elsewhere, you are correct.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:19 pm

I'm trying to remember, but I think there was a great article on this subject in one of the Palladium books or in The Rifter. I read it a long time ago, but it was good. For some reason I think it was in one of the Rifts books.

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cheeplives · Post by **cheeplives** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:00 pm

Greg Stolze has written a couple of short pieces on How to Run and How to Play RPGs. They are available for free on his website

They're at the bottom of the page, after the REIGN stuff (all of which is awesome, as is the game REIGN itself...)

NulSyn · Post by **NulSyn** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:36 pm

Omote wrote:
I'm trying to remember, but I think there was a great article on this subject in one of the Palladium books or in The Rifter. I read it a long time ago, but it was good. For some reason I think it was in one of the Rifts books.

-O

The Rifters have had numerous well written articles on role-playing. As for actual Rifts books having it, I think it might have been the Rifts Adventure Guide that had a large section dealing with rping in general.
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pactmaster · Post by **pactmaster** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:06 pm

The RIFTERs did have a few very good articles from both standpoints. I would ask on their messageboards for the exact issues because they are worth reading.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:22 pm

NulSyn wrote:
The Rifters have had numerous well written articles on role-playing. As for actual Rifts books having it, I think it might have been the Rifts Adventure Guide that had a large section dealing with rping in general.

Yessir, I beleive you are correct because it was quite a long article on the subject. As I recall, it had some things to do with Rifts, but in general that essay could be used with any RPG.

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CharlieRock · Post by **CharlieRock** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:31 pm

The Super Old-Fashioned Way is to play C&C. A lot. Over and over.

Practice makes perfect.
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jaybird216 · Post by **jaybird216** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:13 pm

Rhuvein wrote:
Gotta get me to a Ren Faire one day.

Bristol Renaissance Faire is awesome, and it's not too far of a trip from Chi-kah-goh, since it sits just north of the WI/IL border. It is definitely one of the things I miss most about living up there. That and Goose Island, Sprecher, Leinenkugels, New Glarus, Point...
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Deogolf · Post by **Deogolf** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:18 pm

jaybird216 wrote:
Bristol Renaissance Faire is awesome, and it's not too far of a trip from Chi-kah-goh, since it sits just north of the WI/IL border. It is definitely one of the things I miss most about living up there. That and Goose Island, Sprecher, Leinenkugels, New Glarus, Point...

Just get up here during the LGGC and we can change some of that!!
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skathros · Post by **skathros** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:37 pm

CharlieRock wrote:
The Super Old-Fashioned Way is to play C&C. A lot. Over and over.

Practice makes perfect.

My thoughts exactly. Eventually you simply develop a "feel" for it. Also, styles of playing differ from group to group. You'll learn very quickly what works in your group and what doesn't.

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