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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 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.