• @M500@lemmy.ml
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    29 months ago

    Thanks for the link I was not aware of it and will read it.

    My main concern is that I’ll miss out on what’s happening as everyone will be speaking a different language. So I will not know what the dm is talking about or what choices the other characters have made.

    • Zagorath
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      29 months ago

      You should try to play with other people who speak your language, so the DM and other players can describe the world & their actions in your language, using English only for the technical rules.

      For example, if your language was French, you could have the following interaction:

      Player: J’attaque le gobelin avec mon «Greatsword».

      DM: D’accord. Roule pour frapper.

      Player: C’est un d-vingt plus mon «Strength» ?

      DM: Oui, plus ton «Proficiency» aussi.

      I’m using French just because it’s the only other language I can write in, but the same idea could work for any language. Keep technical terms in English but mostly speak your language.

      The trick is to find a group—or set up the group yourself, out of your friends!—of people you can play with IRL, not a random group of English-speaking strangers online.