I don't feel like I'm "bad" at roleplaying anymore. I just haven't had good opportunities that worked for me and/or I worried too much about ruining whatever I was participating in with unexpected solutions.

@wolfcoder and as a player my absolute most fun moments are applying insane cartoon or video game logic to whatever I'm doing and just letting creativity shine, which is exactly what I want to do and what I want to get out of RP.

I guess I feel inhibitions most of the time when other people are more serious and it often looks like even basic flight skills would trivialize a lot of things, but I guess in those situations it's on the DM to adjust things or take them into account later.

@NovaSquirrel @wolfcoder It's very common to feel inhibited; I suspect people feel like they're too inexperienced or under-informed to make every move *right*, so they're afraid of spoiling or wrecking someone else's scene.

But there's almost never a uniquely right move. Anything that advances the story (by plot, by showing character, by being a neat moment) is good. And even if you don't do something that helps directly, you are giving things that other people can use. Anything is good.

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