I never said you cant, or are incapable. But when you make a PC by making the most awesome efficient cyberninjawarlock and then wrap him in a personality to justify that, that is the definition of "wont". Now be clear, I have never said you are less of a person or anything similar because of it. My statement was that if your going to play a Live Action ROLE PLAYING game, the idea is to RP a Personality, not a set of really bad ass skills. Anyone can do that.. . .i would apreciate it if people would not asume that because some of us optimise our builds we cant, wont, are incapable of Role Playing. it does not matter how good or crappy your build is, if you cant RP your way out of a paper bag it does not make a difference
This and your signature just support my statements. Role playing a PC and gaming a PC is like what an old DM of mine used to say: if you build your person and buy skills that match its like Iron Man, there is a person inside the machine; If you build the skills and add a personality, its just a Terminator, a machine with fake skin and no real heart or soul.Playing or not playing a certain class does not make eyour opinion more or less valid. That is all.
I may have to marry you... This is EXACTLY what I mean. Make the PC THEN buy skills that PC would have is role playing from inception. Making super efficient stats, and wrapping it in a name and history and playing it is just painball in costume. Doesnt mean it isnt fun, its just not real role playing. Its gaming.Gamers tell you what their character can do.
Role-players tell you what their character did.
Less valid no, less acurate from lack of hard experience with the way that class works in the real time game, likely unless you have been playing that system for a considerable time.Playing or not playing a certain class does not make eyour opinion more or less valid. That is all.
Really...well if its a gunshot the doc may have the upper hand, but if its a cleaning solution poisioning, the janitor likey has better experience to rely on.as for playing or not playing a certain class effecting the validation of your opinion. . .it should, thats how it works in real life. if your on the verge of death and a doctor and a janitor walk over, both saying they know whats wrong. . . i think i know which one im going with.
A better analogy to what travis is saying is that the guy that designed the M-16 may still have a valid opinion over the marine that uses it daily in the field, even though the designer never used it in full on combat situations. The accuracy of thier opinion will depend on overall experience and the topic being discussed.