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<blockquote data-quote="Phlebas" data-source="post: 3760831" data-attributes="member: 23810">I used to DM pretty big groups (AD&amp;D) and often had similar problems. unless you have a group that likes being big and complex, and takes the delays as a small price to play, then you always end up with someone bored or RP encounters taking hours as you try to give everyone a fair share of the action. In fact its the RP that tends top slow things down as one DM cannot physically/mentally keep on top of 10 players flinging questions simultaneously. Maybe i'm a bad DM but i don;t know too many others who had any more success. I regularly have 6 players and thats my limit these days for any campaignsIMHO combat isn't the problem, we've got 3,5 down to near AD&amp;D levels now (Cyclic initiative, simple mats and counters, 'delay' if you don't know what to do etc), spot, search and listen rolls also makes things simper (&quot;Everyone roll, ok those with above 15 hear this....&quot;). Its when the PC's roll into a tavern to ask some questions you have an issue.... My advice to OP, talk to the players, cut the group size down, eg split the group in two for a time and do alternative weeks for group a &amp; group b. If that works better then you know what the real issue is</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Phlebas, post: 3760831, member: 23810"] I used to DM pretty big groups (AD&D) and often had similar problems. unless you have a group that likes being big and complex, and takes the delays as a small price to play, then you always end up with someone bored or RP encounters taking hours as you try to give everyone a fair share of the action. In fact its the RP that tends top slow things down as one DM cannot physically/mentally keep on top of 10 players flinging questions simultaneously. Maybe i'm a bad DM but i don;t know too many others who had any more success. I regularly have 6 players and thats my limit these days for any campaigns IMHO combat isn't the problem, we've got 3,5 down to near AD&D levels now (Cyclic initiative, simple mats and counters, 'delay' if you don't know what to do etc), spot, search and listen rolls also makes things simper ("Everyone roll, ok those with above 15 hear this...."). Its when the PC's roll into a tavern to ask some questions you have an issue.... My advice to OP, talk to the players, cut the group size down, eg split the group in two for a time and do alternative weeks for group a & group b. If that works better then you know what the real issue is [/QUOTE]

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