wrt roleplaying, i think i need to get way more comfortable ignoring advice and insisting on my own decisions regardless of the consequences. i had some dramatic speeches prepared for day 2 but the DM nixed the premise every time. it would have been more fun to go out playing the…
it's funny, the DM gave a NPC speech that it was better to die free than live as a slave... my character was predisposed to agree and just wanted to go down fighting, which he eventually did, but only after i let the group countermand my every decision along the way