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How do I get more roleplaying out of my players?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mitchbones" data-source="post: 3219671" data-attributes="member: 40622"><p>My group and I have been playing for about 5 months now, we just started a new campaign (Savage Tide AP). I told them that it will include a lot more roleplaying than the previous one. I gave them some background information on the city and the adventure and asked them to provide me with a short backstory to work with. </p><p></p><p>I didn't get any backstorys, even after I asked them individually the usual questions to get them to think about their character (What does he Fear? Why is he doing this? etc). During the game I only have one player who Roleplays and is usually rewarded a lot for it (not too much). I encouraged everyone else, saying that I would even give them 300xp for a 1/2 page - full page bio. The only person they roleplay with is Lady Vanderborien (npc) and that is very minor. They say they think Roleplaying is just as fun as combat (except one person) but they always get Players-Block (writers block for players haha) when it comes for them to do anyting</p><p></p><p>Any suggestions to help get them to Roleplay?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mitchbones, post: 3219671, member: 40622"] My group and I have been playing for about 5 months now, we just started a new campaign (Savage Tide AP). I told them that it will include a lot more roleplaying than the previous one. I gave them some background information on the city and the adventure and asked them to provide me with a short backstory to work with. I didn't get any backstorys, even after I asked them individually the usual questions to get them to think about their character (What does he Fear? Why is he doing this? etc). During the game I only have one player who Roleplays and is usually rewarded a lot for it (not too much). I encouraged everyone else, saying that I would even give them 300xp for a 1/2 page - full page bio. The only person they roleplay with is Lady Vanderborien (npc) and that is very minor. They say they think Roleplaying is just as fun as combat (except one person) but they always get Players-Block (writers block for players haha) when it comes for them to do anyting Any suggestions to help get them to Roleplay? [/QUOTE]
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