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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 3774722" data-attributes="member: 957">Putting it in a setting would be a much better idea than in the core.I'd still suggest that RP is the part of an RPG that has unlimited freedom and someone who has never been at your table before is only going to put constraints on it.&nbsp; Yeah, they may encourage one specific thing with a mechanic.&nbsp; But in encouraging that one thing they discourage a hundred others.I think the best way to handle RP reinforcement is through GM/player interaction and rewards such as XP, action points, or some completely different system can work there.&nbsp; And open-ended advice to GMs on how to manage more than just combat is a perfectly good use of DMG pages.&nbsp; But how to reward good RP is different than &quot;how to RP&quot;.&nbsp; Completely different.&nbsp; If the mechanics reward XYZ behavior then you will mostly get XYZ behavior.&nbsp; I think that restricts good role players and limits the development of poor role players.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 3774722, member: 957"] Putting it in a setting would be a much better idea than in the core. I'd still suggest that RP is the part of an RPG that has unlimited freedom and someone who has never been at your table before is only going to put constraints on it. Yeah, they may encourage one specific thing with a mechanic. But in encouraging that one thing they discourage a hundred others. I think the best way to handle RP reinforcement is through GM/player interaction and rewards such as XP, action points, or some completely different system can work there. And open-ended advice to GMs on how to manage more than just combat is a perfectly good use of DMG pages. But how to reward good RP is different than "how to RP". Completely different. If the mechanics reward XYZ behavior then you will mostly get XYZ behavior. I think that restricts good role players and limits the development of poor role players. [/QUOTE]

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