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Just a vibe check of the Lemmy community with a deliberately exaggerated meme.

A reddit post would get flooded with argumentative mini-essays from folks who can’t string together 5 words in-character.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I struggle with this, I make a minor effort but what am I meant to do when my high Cha, high Diplomacy character is more charismatic and diplomatic than me? :( I either skimp on the RP or do some very unrealistic RP as my awful unconvincing wording magically convinces the NPC anyway.

[–] ArbitraryValue 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Third-person narration is the key. IRL I'm the harassment guy from the "flirting vs harassment" meme but I can still describe how I want the interaction to go even if I don't know the words that would make it go that way.

Something like "I smile with absolute confidence and talk to him as if he couldn't possibly disagree that I was his new best friend. And he would never let a friend down when all he had to do was let me in without checking all the boring paperwork!"