Are you a One Dimensional Role Player? - Player Character Tips 

Personal experience has taught me one-dimensional roleplaying is infinitely better than _zero-dimensional_ roleplaying.

..."What do you want?" "A Bagel" "But what do you REALLY want in life?" "...I really want that bagel in my life"...

We accidentally did the connection once in a game. Player was moving to a different state and so wanted his character to go out with a big flashy sort of thing. Go out with a bang, as it were. So in the weeks leading up, we focused on him realizing he'd come down with some terminal, uncurable disease. From then, it was all a journey for him to try and put right the wrongs he felt he did in his life. The party aided him in his final quests, all the while growing more and more attached to him, and to each other as we came to terms with doing the same ourselves. By the end, we actually cried, not just for our player's last session with us, but because the character died in game. Ironically, him dying peacefully in his bed had a much more huge impact at that point than it likely would have if we just stormed some castle and he blew himself up or something grandiose like that. The campaign from there shifted as we all focused on trying to become better people and support each other. Ended on us founding a new kingdom... quite by accident. We'd all ended up helping so many people that when the time came and the war we were fighting against happened and was over, the remnants united into a new kingdom and named us the regents of the land. Well, the two of us that didn't die in the final battle. lol

Good advice. One of the best moments in a game I ran the other week was when one player failed to unlock a door and set off the alarms. So one of the other players shoved him against the key pad and kissed. When the guards arrived they easily bluffed it away as an accident. When the guards left they both set about rinsing their mouths out and spitting a lot, because the characters behave as siblings as a rule. So a great moment where a bad dice role, turned into a memorable character interaction.

A human, an Elf, a Dwarf, walk into a Bar; The Gnome didn't, he was too short.

The fourth dimensional character: A PC that starts off as "The Dwarf that wants a golden Ax" to "The Dwarf that sacrifices his Golden Ax for something they discover to be more important." The best PC's I've ever had in my campaigns are the ones that started off as a paragraph of backstory and then evolved into fully fledged, deep characters that you can really put yourselves in their mindset and know exactly how they would react to almost any given situation.

Yes I have mastered the Chaotic Stupid character archetype.

Alright, yes, there's a lot of content to unpack here, but I find myself still caught on one thing... You're almost 40?? I can't believe it, you look and act so much younger than that! I mean don't get me wrong 40 isn't that old, but I'm surprised. You're aging well my dude.

I am the very definition of a one dimensional character. Always show up early, with character sheet and dice. Some times bring snacks for everyone. Mostly quiet unless a problem arrises or if someone/something addresses me directly. Otherwise roll to hit things really hard as a Fighter when talking fails. This video is a bit of an eye opener I must say. I never really thought about involving the rest of the group more often. We have a Pixie who dopes nothing but deal with the rest of the group, often ignoring objectives or simply being more interested in interacting with the group members or other NPCs. It's actually pretty fun to have someone who actually gives a damn about things other than the objective.

One Dimensional, pfft. My character doesn't know the meaning of the word. Seriously his INT is a 6.

I play under 2 different DMs currently. The first DM had us create characters and then he gave them secret background personal missions to accomplish and encouraged us to make back stories. Since we mostly play modules and never play the between time, we never really get a chance to role play much. If we take too long to play a character situation, he gets impatient and the inevitable wandering encounter happens 'focus our attention back on matters at hand'. Maybe he feels left out? The second DM had us create characters, back stories and personal missions. Some of the best games we've had were all role play interactions with no combat and very few dice rolls. I've learned to be a one dimensional player with the first DM. He's good DM but doesn't seem to want too many dimensions. I'm as 3 dimensional as I can be with the second DM.

This is somewhat tricky, because it requires your fellow players to actually give a damn about backgrounds and personality, which unfortunately not everyone do. Trying to interact with someone who is essentially a blank page is a rather stressful experience.

Just be sure to read your friends well before trying this. Some people - such as those at my table - might have problems with direct questions like what are expressed here, so you may have to come at it in a different way. My personal recommendation: wait until after some large battle or other milestone is finished and everyone's resting, then start RPing a "bonding moment" to the characters. "Well...that was gruesome. It looks like we may be working together longer then we thought. I know we've given our names before and I was fine with that, but that was when we were going on just the ONE adventure together; since it looks like we'll be joined up for a while, how about we actually learn why we're all here?"

A good way to encourage RPing is during combat. Shy or new RPers generally play for the heroic combat. So, if you get them to describe their epic moments (i.e. Critical Role's 'How do you wanna do this?')… they can form the character over time, through their actions. That can then expand to the rest of the game. Encourage them to retell and embellish their epic moments at the tavern or inn to wow the commoners. 👍

For me, the most important questions to ask myself about any character (PC or NPC) are, "What do they want?", "Why do they want it?" and, "How do they intend to get it?" Everything else flows out from there. How they interact with the world, events, NPCs, PCs. It all comes from those three central questions.

Guy's suggestion question for character development: "tell me what you want, what you really really want."

Inter character relationships are what I live for!!!! I LOVE them!!!! They go SO many wonderrful directions! And they make them real...you care about them.

Can I say thank you for not assuming your audience only plays D&D 5e? I've been on a couple different channels lately, and not only D&D is fine, they got GREAT general tabletop advices too! But I find them always addressing things from the D&D angle, restricting options to the 5E classes, etc. gets a bit old after a while. And I start to feel like a snob for it too, so it really cuts my enjoyment. I definitely enjoy your approach, and will be more attentive to this channel in the future!

One of your best videos imo. I feel like almost every player can take something away from this one.

I joined my boyfriend's game that his group has been playing together for years. I had been hearing about his games every Saturday for a few months before I joined. He would always tell me how his group never role plays much and really only rps with him, the DM. So when I joined I started role playing my character over the top but not all the time. I knew when my character would talk and when they wouldn't. I would try to pull them to role play back at me and they all try and I can tell they were really into it and enjoyed it. I talked to them all out of game and asked if they wanted to be more immersive in the role playing and they all said yes. So I suggested we get together before the next sessions and talk about where our characters heads are at and what they feel about certain things happening and how they feel about each other and with the information everyone could maybe talk to other group members to see if they wanted to be on board with a role play moment with their characters. And some thought the idea was a good one and some others got really defensive and said I was trying to script the game and they like things to be 100 percent authentic and for some reason they don't want people to know how their character is going to behave because they want it to be a surprise like a reveal or something. My response was that clearly this group wants to role play but is having trouble doing it because of nerves or shyness or whatever it is so this authenticity isn't really working because the group doesn't know how to play their characters in terms of relating or rping with each other. And I wasn't suggesting things be scripted. Just...like a little plan ahead so people can have time to think about how their character will play out in a particular moment like in the video Guy suggests his player get an addiction and the dwarf helps him overcome it. No matter what I say these group members are not on board and only want the role play to be 100% improv with no suggestions out of game. Is this a common thing that players feel? That it is cheating to meet out of game and hang out and talk about cool things their characters can do together? My group discusses battle tactics out of game all of the time and they see no problem with it. So how is this any different?

Guy, I just started watching and learning from your own experiences. As a GM myself I have a problem with one dimensional characters from time to time. My friend, for now let's call him Lance. Has great energy and zeal for his characters. But they're all mostly the same. The jerk that's out for himself, confrontational with the other characters at times, willing to in fight in the group because his character is just out to be an ass. Recently we decided to kind of turn it on his character and make the story about him. Our characters are going to help him find his elvish clan that he'd lost for two years. Kind of took the air out of his character being a jerk because it shocked him in game. So perhaps the shock factor can help sometimes with helping to branch a player out into playing a different kind of character. Already his character is more relaxed, less aggressive to the other players, and is opening up more to them on the journey. Thank you for making your videos. I'll be checking out more for certain.

I play in a group where RP and character growth is important, we are playing our characters from lvl 1 up, now on level 3 and already all of our characters have received some form of character growth. Mine had to experience her first "failure" and then had to report back to the family of the man she was sent to bring back and tell them he was dead and gone, it really shook her, she also is a Tiefling that absolutely loathes demons and therefore really dislikes herself and the other Tiefling character but she doesn't quite understand that her prejudices and hate are not really warranted nor does she fully understand that she hates herself, The other Tiefling learned the very hard way not to split the party, our Low int Goliath has been learning slowly how to properly care for herself and others and she even finally learned how to hunt, our fighter learned what fighting is really about in a cool zen spectral samurai fight which took him away from the sleeping party. Clara my Tiefling cleric woke up and freaked out, after losing someone she was charged with bringing home, after losing the other Tiefling and especially since she is sweet on the fighter, she panicked and it was a sight to behold, I never ever thought Clara when I made her would ever panic, or lose her cool in a tense situation but there she was, panicking, crying. from lvl 1 to lvl 3 she became a person and not just numbers, she is like a real person within the DMs fictional world. It also helps that our DM has worked so hard to make sure our characters get fleshed out and has facilitated so much RP, character growth and a rich, beautiful world in which we can do it. I know i'm probably lucky to be in a group where everyone wants the same thing out of the game but when a group fits well, this game is just magical

After years watching "RU-vidrs" and their content related to other games, I recently stumbled upon your channel. I've been learning how to be a GM (still prepping my first game ever) and lots about propperly playing any RPG. I'm sure there are other channels with great content, but I haven't seen those. So you are the only person whom, given my experience, I can say this to: "Chapeau. You are the most human, authentic and humble content creator I know. I admire your passion, the way you transmit your knowledge and how you make the receptor engage with you." Wishing you all the best, a new fan.

DM: You need to socialize with your companions Me: *looks at character shet and sees my CHA score of 4 to a total of -3*

This is the best video you've made! You've stripped away all the stage dressing and set out simple and clear steps to role playing without any of the distractions of role playing tropes. And it's easy to implement. Great stuff, man. Thanks!

To quickly give my thoughts on the asking characters questions, to build them as "living being" rather than paper cutouts of concepts, I think it's more about the answer you give or get rather than what you asked. You say you need to ask questions that don't conjure fantastical or "imagenery" responses, but that's very subjective and depends on the person giving an answer. Certainly some questions are better to get non-fantastical answer, such as the "What do you want now/long term", but again i would argue that no question is "fool proof". I am going to use the "Where do you come from?" as an example. Like mentioned already in the video, bad answer is something along the lines of "I come from Mistvale. It's in Helmenskarl". Without map and/or previous knowledge of these places, this gives other players nothing they can relate to and/or put in any sort of context inside their head. How ever if someone would answer "I come from far south. From the small town of Mistvale, that lies within the great kingdom of Helmenskalr. Maybe you have heard of it?" gives the players alot of "imagenary" information, but it's complimented by information that gives context and character "hooks" they can relate to or use to build further rapport. By "grounding" the fantastical answer in to non-fantastical/"imagenary" concepts, can improve greatly how other players see your character. So to conclude my opinion, it's not the question that matters, as much as the answer given.

My players don't have one dimensional characters... They have zero dimensional characters...

This quarreling brothers dynamic is compelling - now I want to know what happens between the two of them!

Whether or not I agree these videos always express the preferable way to play tabletop roleplaying games, I still believe it was and still is a worthwhile endeavor to subscribe and ring the bell.

I feel like this video should be called "How to make your GM's life that much easier (though all his great player videos could be called that, but this one in particular). As a gm, I spend a lot of time trying to make sure each player is getting what they want out of the game. If even one other player was doing that too, it would make it 1,000 times easier, and let me spend that other tine planning cooler stuff. Any advice on how to encourage players to this? Aside from directing them to this video, obviously. Thanks for the video. Keep up the great work!

We are not old... I am 42 this year and only been playing D&D for the last 2 years. Love watching and learning from your videos especially since I am making my own campaign to be a GM for the first time.

I let my character's familiar empathic link determine her tendencies. She still has her own personality, but her link guides her development. For example, her spider familiar influenced her taking up seamstress as a profession, as well as misgendering people based on their height. It's not a defining trait, but rather a temptation to resist.

My issue is too multidimensional characters. The end result is characters that have extensive stories that really add nothing and are often so pigeon-holed in what they'd do or not do, or even can do, they become a liability to advancing the story. This almost always happens at the start of any adventure. Another issue is you end up with players that are overly protective and invested in there characters. These are the people that quickly rage quit when something they don't like happens. For instance, I had a player turned into an undead during an encounter, and while I had provided a way out, the player was so upset, they didn't want to play anymore. I have heard similar stories from other DMs that had players just stop attending when their character died. I have taken it upon myself to make sure players understand my expectations of them, in addition to their expectations of me. I find the best solution is to ask the players their character's motivations and have them define their alignment to me. After that, I provide the backstory that puts them in this adventure. While this may take some of the character creation away from the player, I often find the players quickly adopt my back story and I am able to use it to bring their participation into my adventure with out the hassle of trying to persuade them to participate.

I've been passing these videos around to those in my campaign. Thank you so much

Great video, enjoyed it immensely. Gives me a lot to think about! :)

My party is coming over tonight for our weekly game and my mind is brimming with questions to ask. ☺️ this was extremely helpful. Thank you.

All of this reminds me of one of my favorite and most successful characters, we'll call her Freya. In terms of gameplay, yeah, she did some great things, killed a lot of stuff, but her development as a character was what gave the game a unique, memorable twist that event shifted the main plot itself. Freya came from a country that was known for its cruelty, and in turn, she was a massive asshole at the start of the campaign. She had a child with the king of this country and, in turn, was one of his personal elite squad of powerful mages. The child ended up being the Big Bad for that campaign. Over the course of the story, she basically learned The Power of Friendship(tm) and fell in love with another one of the PCs. That other PC ended up sacrificing himself to redeem the Big Bad instead of just outright killing him so that Freya could have her child back and have a second chance at being a good mother to him. I know it's only semi related, but all of this made the game really memorable to most of us in the game (Except one guy who was a self centered tool, but we don't play with him anymore so we don't care) and we're excited to explore that setting again. The story proves the kind of stuff being said in the video, because once we started exploring the characters while we were exploring the physical world in the game, it became that much more interesting and engaging. We weren't the only people to have your characters do this, there were other interpersonal relationships that influenced the endgame, but that was one of the more major ones.

Very good video. and looking forward to seeing the starfinder campaign play.

It amazes me how little people care about dialogue and relationships. I play a kenku and I still have more in-depth relationships than most of the people I've played with

Scotish dwarf was awesome. I wanna learn to copy accents sooooo hard now.

i am really enjoying your humor and sarcasm about the game in your videos. 52 years old and still wondering what I want out of life. This has been something really welcomed. Giving me a reminder to play as I do my life, interest in my fellow employees, family and friends. It is another dimension that will make the gaming more fun. Thanks. Going to start doing something right now

Ask not what your party can do for you, but what you can do for your party.

First time here and have spent a few hours going through your videos on the player end of the game a curious on your thoughts about multi classing a character.

I love these videos guy. Keep them coming.

You're helping hundreds of thousands people get into or get better at role playing games and changing their lives for the better. I'm not sure what else you could "really want" that's as significant. :)

This is quite helpful. Thank you.

This is all great... now to inspire the players in my new campaign to get onboard with this!

I'm invested in Shelly now...I need an update on her life.

I really love level 1 and 2 but personally, when I play D&D I like to know as little as possible about the other players narratives and motives so that they can naturally unfold throughout the campaign. This may just be a personal preference though, as I normally just play with close friends and I already know if they have certain things going on with them, but I guess it really just depends on personal preference and the people who you are playing with. I do agree with asking about a player's goals in "session zero" during character creation though.

Oh man. I have had legitimate arguments and emotionally deep moments my characters companions. Our DM has given extra experience points for good roleplaying before. I've almost cried once or twice. xD

I learned about interpersonal bonds irl. Thank you for the information

Sadistically sacking Shelley for selflessly sacrificing soda and sandwiches for staff socials! Another good one, Guy. Keep them coming!.

I don't know why I a random internet person feel like I had to share this but oh well, now i've typed it out might aswell share it. Reaching the age of twenty five last week I've known what I want for the past few years. After a near decade of thought, Life going from being born to dying at the speed of time, I want to enjoy my stay, I want to live with as few regrets as I can and I want a bit of piece and quiet, read stories people have imagined, watch mindnumbing things on tv as long as they are entertaining. So I stopped watching the news or popular series, only what I like. yet several years after this realisation I am not happy. I am still depressed I still have decades of life in front of me, I'll soon be living with a lovely girl that loves me more then I thought was possible and still the mountain of life seems more bothersome then it's worth. In character I can live as someone that has purpose or is strugeling with the meaningless of life or the loss of something important or seeking power for revenge. Now as a "boy" with not enough lifeexperience I've often told myself wait and see, it'll make sence, it'll get better, this will pass. DND for me is a game, a game that can very easily be turned into a mirror for the player if the player "synchronises" well with the character he or she is playing. It allowed me to see my own wishes and desires. life is a party I was told as long as I hang up my own party decoration.

What do I want out of life? I want to own a home. Nothing too fancy or esoteric but my own little castle where I know I can be who I am and do what I want. There, in the living room, will be a table surrounded by many chairs and those chairs will, at some point, be filled by friends new and old and it will be there we live lives more grandiose than our own. We will be mighty fighters, powerful mages and deft thieves; people whom many will never know nor understand if they are not privy to this table or home. What do I want from life? I want these experiences to last as long as possible and to share them with anyone willing to be a part of them. That is what I want.

I like the advice of player interaction and interest in each others stories. A fairly common issue is that some players take over and a large part of the session becomes them doing stuff and interact with NPCs. The opposite is that insecure or shy player who could use some help from the group and/or GM involuntary become that backseat player. There is also, do we want story progress, some feel that player interaction is "a waste of time", maybe because it's rarely rewarded.

Such brilliant advice. This is more than D&D advice. This is acting/ensemble advice for theater people. Hell, this is just life advice for listening and engaging people in life.

Very good video. As a DM I try to encourage this type of behavior.

Thats why I like Dungeon World ruleset, with the bonds rule it encourages more depth of the characters.

I have a bad habit of being sucked into playing a numbers game by other people doing the same

Dang... The realization that i am a one demensional player... Thanks to point this out :D

This is exactly why I scheduled a non-game night (Gamer's BBQ); it's a people-game, and we can get to know the people who are talking at us, at the table - talk about the game and assess tastes, etc . . We will have completed a mini-campaign, and are fairly well along in the other campaign (the 'main' game is open-ended.) I recently had a player leave; one reason was that I was a jerk and criticized his play-style on-line, not aware that he was also a member of that group (I didn't name him, but used specific examples), and the other reason being that (in my view and in the view of others at the table), he wanted to game the same way that we had gamed twenty years ago. Also, we had clearly gone in two different directions in many other respects. Once, he actually said to me, "I come to the table (only) for the game." I saw another video (by Matt Colville) which raised the obvious point that such statements are a bad sign. Anyway, the Gamer's BBQ will help to put us all in the same space, allow us to get to know each other better, and thus hopefully improve the experience at the table. Or they will discover that I am just a big jerk and will continue to show up only to kill my pet orcs and demons!

I'm learning a lot about how to be a better player from these videos. What I really want to know how to get rid off is players stereotyping one another's characters. I currently play 3 different characters in 3 different campaigns (each of the other guys is a DM of his own campaign and they take turns DMing each week, only myself and the one girl in the group don't DM). As players, they all expect certain things from my character, no matter which one of the three I am playing as. I don't do voices, or act well, but my characters actions and the words they choose to speak, the way they interact with others, all those things are radically different, but still the others at the table burden me with always having to do certain things, specially problem solving. But when I'm playing my Paladin, I don't have as much resources to solve problems as I do when playing my Wu-Jen, as well as moral limitations to how the problem can be solved. And because my Paladin is polite and and a good mediator, sometimes they expect my Warlock kid who's no more than a street urchin to do the same and come up with a sane, measured plan. I'm always split between acting like my character never would and help the group succeed or staying in character and watch the world burn.

"Do you want to know what I want?" "naw I'm good... Thanks for the help with my quest though!" 🤣 Great vid thanks for the tips! :D

Your emphasis on the deeper meaning of "What do you want" reminds me so much of Mr. Morden. God the actor did such a good job in that episode of Babylon 5. (Season 1, Episode 13: Signs and Portents, if you have easy access to the show and are curious what I mean.)

I always tell my players that RPGs are an acting experience it makes the game more interesting and fun it builds up intrigue in the game

"One dimensional players" ... so that's what they're called. Oh! Good job on the attire change and the settings adjustment. The light reflecting off of your glasses is no longer glaring. Well done ♪

I am often the facilitator of RP and character growth in my group’s games. I play a half elf cleric princess. As a noble, I am often the face and heart of the party, negotiating on our behalf and making connections with the party as well as NPC’s. Anyway we have a few new players who are unfamiliar with RP and had characters they weren’t expecting to get character development. For example, one guy played a vampire barbarian fighter bard mix who started out as a joke character similar to Alucard from the series Helsing Ultimate Abridged. However after a few sessions of RP between my character and my friends character he started considering his backstory and using that to expand his character. His backstory was that he was Alexander Von Roeyen (Zarovich), youngest brother of Strahd and Sergei Von Zarovich who’s traveling with the party. As of now my character (Zelda Alagondar) is very close with Alexander and is helping him realize that he’s not a monster like his brother. I’ve done similar things for other players but this story is the most prominent. It’s funny how the plot can take on a mind of it’s own if you play your character right. One aspect I was not expecting but find entertaining is the forbidden romance between Alexander and Zelda. Keep in mind that the last thing my character wanted was to be charmed by a Von Zarovich. Ironically, what started as playful banter and a great team turned into a wholesome yet dangerous romance.

I learned some cocktails on youtube so im planning an elven fighter who used to be a bartender but had his tavern destroyed in a huge brawl and needs to start again

I wish I had players as good as you are. I love the story, the great adventure, the good companions. But all I get are players playing evil characters badly and party miss trust.

"It is more real if it's in your head than if it's just in front of you" :P

In a week or two, I'm gonna be running a homebrew Campaign based on Elder Scrolls Oblivion, and in order to encourage the players to put thought into their Backstory (As well as add an interesting aspect to the roleplay and strategy in general) is to have the players starting level be based off of the quality of their backstory. I've made a checklist with 20 checks to make, and I'll divide each players number of checks by 4 then round down no matter what. This will be the level they start at. The checks I'm going with are as follows; 1. Has character beyond plot 2. Active in their own story 3. Motivation 4. Fears/Cautions 5. Conflict 6. Complexity 7. Strengths 8. Flaws 9. Tone (Example: Serious character doesn't have silly backstory) 10. Distinctive Look (I can envision them and distinguish them from background characters) 11. Emotion 12. Mystery/Secret (Something they want to know or don't want others to know.) 13. Potential for Growth 14. Consistency 15. History 16. Good Name (Looking at you Rub Rub) 17. Livable (Can be tolerated by the table at the very least) 18. Interesting 19. Class Choice Justified 20. Race taken into consideration This is still a work in progress list which I have not shown my players, but I think its a good start for an unbiased way to make this system work. It also doesn't force somebody to make a big backstory, but rewards those who take the time to do so.

we got a bard with great conversation skills that doesn't roleplay or talk the whole session

Next tee: As long as Ethel doesn't smell of garlic, you're ok!

Just one point, kayaking is very popular here and we do have rivers, even in the desert. Other than that, spot on

i love this one

The whole "what do you want?" part reminded me instantly of Mr. Morden in Babylon 5.

Thanks.

Okay so I watched this scared I might be 1 dimensional. Now I'm thinking I'm over 3 dimensions. As my friends and I have started a new campaign and someone introduced himself and ignored half the party, claiming they're not "intelligent enough", while my bard was fuming at both his arrogance and assumptions, knowing he wasn't going to have a good time. They managed to come to a truce and can be acknowledge but when this guy's character falls asleep on his watch, my bard takes up issue with it the next morning and slaps him with his bed roll starting a fight

I want this type of playing for my group so badly. Its a bit tough i think cuz we are all very new to playing.

This guy reminds me of David Mitchell, and I love that.

8:41 two bagels

I'm a little concerned most people in my life aren't and don't seek to be more than 1.5D

11:04 great character idea. Of course he only turns when the moon is full ;)

I see you subversively teaching us how to be better people to each other by means of the same things that'll make us better players. 👀 I see what you did there.

Need your advise Guy... Stuck on backstory for my bard... Got the cliche basics of noble birth and seventh son to be redundant brat of starched family to focus on exploring town, hanging out with servants, playing music to cheer up neglected mother... But what something to spice him up. He's a nice guy, doesn't believe in class or racial issues, lives hero stories and playing lute left behind by fugitive elf lady he seems his Muse (she died or left...?) He left the family keep to explore magic and music, to seek out his lost elf lady,, to boldly entertain where only his Muse could outshine... He loves idea of adventure with a group, not to be the hero but see heroes in action. His real noble name is Izak Uradel... But he calls himself Merrek Eironeia (strong Irony).... He just seems flat.

...Man what sort of games exist out there for this to be necessary? Every game I've ever played in has formed player-to-player connection before everyone even had that first dimension down. Wild

A lot of "rules" and ideas for actors also apply to roleplaying. What is your characters "scene objective", and what is their "super objective", the concept of "self isolation" insofar as merging enough with the character role that you overcome fear of performing in front of others/audience, etc...

Yup

Yes.

Experience has taught me that asking someone what they want is at least as likely to offend them as it is to get an answer...

GMs are instructed by game rules to incorporate fun into games, but players are never told this is possible to accommodate each other. The vital importance of Session Zero should bring any corebook instead of chucked as an afterthought in a supplement or even never at all.

I'm not sure I would have gone with "multi-dimensionality" as the topic for this video, but the content is no less good. It's nice to see something in the vein of "how players can add to the game," both in terms of the game itself, and making it better for other players. Too often, games can be "GM gives, players take." The notion of giving back is something that generally needs to be taught, it doesn't often come naturally, I find. Some of the more modern game systems have built-in help for creating inter-character bonds, which is useful. Some of them even give material reward for advancing those stories, so it encourages even the munchkins at the table to give it a whirl. Some of them even find they like it!

The last item my Tabaxi Monk got was a library card that Grant's access to all the libraries in a kingdom . How he got it was evil dragons where attacking . An the queen called in are party . An the leader of the party bargains for magic items for everyone in the party . An when she got to my Tabaxi Monk . My Tabaxi Monk just asked for access to all the libraries . What's currently happening is he is write now doing paperwork for the organization he works for to acquire stuff for the party which the organization he works for just captured .

that moment when you learn how to become a better person in regards to intrapersonal relationships....... when you just wanted to learn how to enjoy the game a bit more

I DM and my friends dm and we all have different styles. Some DMs feel like I'm playing with them, other's I'm playing against (like chess match), some you have to fight rules wise (example: why can't I counter spell the fireball from the guy 15 ft away from me?), and this is just a few examples. I have enjoyed watching your videos and especially your videos about different types of DMs. I was wondering if we could see a question like video or questionnaire to help show what type of DM you are. Asking questions of the person to determine what type of DM you are (best example of what I mean is like the harry potter quiz which sorts you into different houses based on your answers).

Yeah, I made genealogy tree for my character, history with family dislikes, love for pretty things etc and GM didn't even look at this all :| Especially that half of players use mobile app as their character sheet [so they forced imperial units and english because "it's easier with app" :/].

What do you do (as a GM) when you ask players what they want out of the campaign, or what they want their character to achieve, etc, and get basically no feedback. For example, "I don't care," or "anything is fine by me." Responses like that frustrate me because I have nothing to go on, and those players tend to be dice rollers. They don't interact with the world around them or with NPCs. Is there something I could do to help them be more engaged?

Kayaking in the desert.

I heard that Shelley from HR has been seeing the office nerd outside working hours. Her marriage must be in shambles.

I know this has nothing to do with the video itself but has Guy lost weight? You look awesome man