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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Adlon" data-source="post: 1858188" data-attributes="member: 1972">If you have a TRUE medical case of ADD in your group, you'll not be able to fix the problem. I have a nephew with classic ADD, so I know. It's unfortunate, but, you'll not be able to consistently rivet his attention. He/she may be a GREAT person and friend, but, that one aspect of the individual won't change.But, here's what you can do...it MAY help....Rotate your seating arrangement each week. Have the ADD player sit next to a different person each week. Note WHO he interacts with the LEAST. Once you find this (hopefully, you do), talk to the NON ADD player, and tell him/her that as a group, you all need this new permanent seating arrangement to keep the game on track. It should be obvious to all players that this distraction exists.Have an NPC request that this player draw a map of his last adventure. Essentially, he'll be drawing, and not as attentive to YOU, but, he'll not be talking OVER you. Lesser of two weevils?The NPC would perhaps be a known Ranger, where perhaps he has business in the region the group last travelled through, and needs the players map as extra insight. Hopefully, it's a LONG journey he's trying to map out.Talk to him nicely after every game. I mean EVERY game. No matter how old an ADD person is, they need input, and a release. Ask him stuff like 'did you have fun tonite', 'do you see any problems that we can fix', in other words, stimulate provocative thought. He MAY imprint some of your concerns over time. Make sure you provide your input too: 'you know, sometimes, there is just SO much excessive chatter at the table, it makes it hard to run the game sometimes'. Dont target HIM per se, make it a general statement.This may seem like a bit of extra responsibility for the DM, but, he made the choice to have this player in his game, no doubt being a good friend.Just be creative, and find ways to keep him busy, and isolated from his favorite chat partners. If this person is a he, and is shy around girls, there you go.....</blockquote>

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