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<blockquote data-quote="Bluenose" data-source="post: 5296482" data-attributes="member: 49017">You could try running a game where the 'theme' is less about beign adventurers. A small group of people running a trading ship, trying to make ends meet as they travel around ports making deals, dealing with strange passengers, finding ways to ship unusual cargos (six hundred chickens, thinking of a recent thread!), finding out which traders are honest and not - plenty of scope for building relationships with people and non-combat activities. Han Solo before he got involved with the Rebellion, a small-time smuggler, trader, gambler, and other things.Part of the city watch in a larger city, where they're responsible for keeping the peace and can't get away with slaughtering taxpayers. Investigations, dealing with problems without violence as much as possible, building up networks of informers, having social lives.On the other side of the law, a thieves guild. All sorts of possible criminal activities, though it's probably more likely to descend into violence than some of the other possibilities.In a more modern setting, investigative archaeology or scientific research. A medical team trying to find out the cause of a new disease and then cure it, archaeologists exploring a jungle to find the location of a legendary lost city and then searching through the ruins (that can work in fantasy), the starship crew investigating scientific anomalies. Indiana Jones and Captain Kirk don't set out to start violent encounters, in theory.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bluenose, post: 5296482, member: 49017"] You could try running a game where the 'theme' is less about beign adventurers. A small group of people running a trading ship, trying to make ends meet as they travel around ports making deals, dealing with strange passengers, finding ways to ship unusual cargos (six hundred chickens, thinking of a recent thread!), finding out which traders are honest and not - plenty of scope for building relationships with people and non-combat activities. Han Solo before he got involved with the Rebellion, a small-time smuggler, trader, gambler, and other things. Part of the city watch in a larger city, where they're responsible for keeping the peace and can't get away with slaughtering taxpayers. Investigations, dealing with problems without violence as much as possible, building up networks of informers, having social lives. On the other side of the law, a thieves guild. All sorts of possible criminal activities, though it's probably more likely to descend into violence than some of the other possibilities. In a more modern setting, investigative archaeology or scientific research. A medical team trying to find out the cause of a new disease and then cure it, archaeologists exploring a jungle to find the location of a legendary lost city and then searching through the ruins (that can work in fantasy), the starship crew investigating scientific anomalies. Indiana Jones and Captain Kirk don't set out to start violent encounters, in theory. [/QUOTE]

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