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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8124472" data-attributes="member: 29398">The only way to stop this is for the DM to proactively bring out the smackdown hammer and say the only voice she wants to hear on Huxley's turn is that of Huxley's player unless Huxley is communicating in-character with another PC (and remember, only so much can be said in six seconds).  If need be, enforce this with some harsh in-game punishments e.g. loss of turn for those who won't shut up, and it'll come around pretty quick. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Another option is to enforce to the letter "if you say it, your character says it"; which means they can discuss tactics all they like but the enemies can hear every word... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I've done this in the past, largely because it's a very small step from 'playing by committee' to having some players outright start telling other players what to do and-or playing their characters for them - even when the PCs were separated in the fiction and could not communicate - and this never ends well.  What I ended up doing was ruling that any suggestion from another player whose character couldn't have made it immediately became a banned action.</blockquote>

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