The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Cadence]

 

[Malmuria]

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What were Bloom’s dramatic needs when he was sitting in the outhouse, though?

 

[Cadence]

What were Bloom’s dramatic needs when he was sitting in the outhouse, though?

I tried to read it twice - I don't think I made it that far, or hit that randomly flipping after giving up.

I suddenly had the desire for a version of it laid out like the TRS-80 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game.

If that's story though, I don't want it.

 

[Cadence]

Finally clicked on the map at Matricula Online doing some genealogy things. 19th century Europe - looks like a bunch of maps spliced together that you can move around on.

Oldenburg Münsterland

Europe in the XIX. century | Arcanum Maps

maps.arcanum.com

Finland

Europe in the XIX. century | Arcanum Maps

maps.arcanum.com

 

[dragoner]

Yup. It's often best cured by the DM deliberately spreading the spotlight around, and discouraging the player who's trying to do everything.

Not that every player HAS to be equally involved. Some players are naturally happier to go along, and usually you have a couple of players who are more proactive than the rest. But deliberately requiring statements of action from the less-pushy players, and asking stuff like "Ok, while Heiro the Hero is doing THAT, what are the rest of you doing?", you can make sure everyone gets to do fun stuff and get some spotlight time.

I agree, I don't want to force anyone out of their comfort zone, I do like to give them a chance to say something without being interrupted. I see a lot of solutions to player issues that I handle just by being straight forward and saying for them to not do that, even though on the other side, as player, I have seen DM's struggling with other players.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

"Pander" and "cater" are not synonyms, and people need to learn the difference.

 

[Deset Gled]

"Pander" and "cater" are not synonyms, and people need to learn the difference.

Alternatively, "pandering" isn't necessarily a bad thing. With the right consenting person, it can be a lot of fun

 

[dragoner]

I find it difficult to believe that if one treats people poorly, they will still be around to play, it is too easy to be "Yeah, but nah".

 

[Parmandur]

"Marijuana Plastics Entrepreneur"

 

[prabe]

Or maybe "Atlas Shrugged."

I figure most relatively sane people are more likely to read a short story a few times than they are a doorstop.