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2019-02-28, 11:44 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2013
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- Arkansas, U.S.
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Role Playing a different culture in a real world setting
The campaign is set in the real world, or at least a fantasy version of our world. So real world cultures are represented in the setting. You belong to one culture, but you wish to role play a different culture.
Aside from some obvious points like avoiding stereotypes, how might you role play this other culture effectively and respectfully, without bleaching anything that makes that culture unique?
It's one thing to write such characters, but to role play them in an ongoing campaign seems like it'd be a little trickier.
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2019-02-28, 02:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2005
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Re: Role Playing a different culture in a real world setting
Research, research, research. Don't just avoid stereotypes, learn what the actuality is. Maybe learn a few words (insults and profanity are classic) in the dominant language or languages, and use those instead of what you'd say normally.
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2019-02-28, 09:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2008
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Re: Role Playing a different culture in a real world setting
I was playing an urban fantasy game and I rolled an Israel-born, Texas-raised Jew. I learned my GM was Jewish when he informed me that I had given my character his Hebrew name.
I don't have much advice, other make sure your character is a deep and well rounded person. Playing a character who has a few stereotypical qualities is different from playing a stereotype.
Mostly, this is just a hilarious anecdote.I consider myself an author first, a GM second and a player third.
The three skill-sets are only tangentially related.
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2019-03-01, 10:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2007
Re: Role Playing a different culture in a real world setting