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(08-21-2015, 08:55 AM)Nebbs Wrote: "The deaf dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball."
I think there is a danger of stereotyping players and layering on assumptions. The best way is to RP and see what happens. If you asuume other players have limitations then you will likely miss out on some great RP.
RP is an active thing. As most of you are in the non genious camp. Should I assume you can't RP a genious and better still not even have a valid view on the fact that you think you can? Clearly not.
I couldn't play a character convincingly above my intelligence any more than I can play a character above my personal ability of charm. Â Genius, like charisma, is relative. Â Even if you take, as gospel, the idea that someone can play a character that is somewhat smarter than they are personally, another person who is actually smarter in real life is simply going to be able to do donuts around that character.
That's a problem if you're trying to dictate to the audience that the character is a genius. Â I might be able to pull it off if I'm one of the more intelligent players in the room. Â However, if I'm the least intelligent person in the room, there's going to come a moment where it becomes blindingly obvious that my character isn't actually that smart.
At issue is whether people who are in no way possessed of a comparative mental trait can dictate perception, and they can't. Â They can try, but they will, eventually, come to be known as the character who thinks he's smarter than he is, only because the player thinks the character is smarter than he can reasonably make him appear.
You can make a character appear as intelligent as you possibly can, but in extended open conversations, that's the kind of thing that becomes blindingly obvious. Â You can't reasonably expect everyone you're trying to convince of your character's wit just take your word for it when they can clearly see through his dialogue that he doesn't have any.