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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1808137" data-attributes="member: 9254">Erm, it sounds like perhaps you started at too high a level.  I haven't seen M&M but if you've got hide in plain sight-like abilities they should be around double-digit level.  With a radical change in play style you need to ease into it.  Start with more amateur characters, fighting street toughs instead of fireball-lobbing mages.  Ninja girl is being tossed out in the open where she's the focus of attention; had there been 2 or 3 other people breaking in she might still have gotten by in the confusion.  She needs to be informed of the value of a distraction and how the rest of the party can get involved in her sneaking.  Get your whip-weilder a proper mechanic-based motivation, something kind of berserker-rage like.  Every time a fight breaks out he has to make a Will save or join in.  Poof, his character is forcibly involved.  Cheap, but it'd force him to act. Put the politco in a position where the actions of the party impact him and its in his interest to get involved in planning.  Could be he uses his solo time to acquire information.  And I'd just talk with the techno and ask him to be a bit more pro-active to keep things moving.  Your BBEG is fairly effective on his own turf, making frontal assaults difficult.  IIRC, swashbucklers rarely use frontal assault, more of a snatch'n grab.   In which case you're looking for a diversion.  Say the BBEG has a monthly poker game; here the Asperger,  politico, and techno attack him just outside his shop so his guards rush out; meanwhile the ninja goes in the back for the gizmo.  It may be time to introduce a combat-poor NPC that can provide helpful information or suggestions of tactics that are more survivable.  A one-legged warrior who has similar motives might not be a bad choice, or an elderly mage (arthritic, with tinnitis so he can't cast much) who's had most of his life's work stolen by these BBEGs.  This gives you a Gandalf who can help out in a pinch but 99% of the time is just there to rally the troops.</blockquote>

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