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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nimble Goodbarrel" data-source="post: 4999355" data-attributes="member: 82770">I have a problem that I once again need some opinions on.I DM for a group of three players.  All are my longtime friends.  Recently, even with the change over to 4e which I thought would breathe new life into our group I find myself coming back to the same old problem.I feel that my group are just power gamers and I confronted them this weekend about this issue.  I asked them to tell me what charges them up about gaming.   Is it role playing, rolling the dice, puzzles etc.  I just wanted them to help me out a little bit with what they really want to get out of it.  You would think that I should know by now, but I don't.They each came back to me basically saying that they liked rolling the dice, killing monsters, and figuring things out.  But they also said that roleplaying is an essential part of our game.I then asked them to explain how they have been role playing.  They expressed to me that using their Althetics skill to jump across a pool of water is role playing.  I disagreed and said that was more or die rolling than anything else.  They mentioned puzzles and riddles as role playing but I disagreed again.I think this comes down to a basic discomfort with role playing in our group.  So I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I can make this more comfortable or what I could do to help my players role play a little more.  Also, I know that this sounds like I am trying to force my players to role play when they don't want to, but we all decided to try to find ways to improve the role playing aspect of our game.Thanks again for you continued support,Nimble GoodbarrelToronto, ON</blockquote>

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