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Originally Posted by Skallgrim  See if you can get one (just one) player to be an instigator. Whether this involves creating a new PC for him,or just getting him to change up his character a bit, see if you can convince one player to be reckless, impulsive, or overconfident.
Suddenly, every instance of debating either becomes:
Mongo is bored. I charge!
or
Mongo is looking bored. Stop him from charging!
I had one player in my old group who served this function admirably (which is one of the reasons why he's in my new group). I usually didn't have to "send a guy in with a sword", as he was always on the lookout for trouble. This is also much more doable than getting a whole group to change their ways. |
Well, they are usually not foolish enough to do the debating in the middle of a dungeon or dangerous situation - usually it is during the "downtime" - unless Mongo runs down to the common room of the inn during the argument and starts killing the patrons, there is not much that kind of solution can do.
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