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<blockquote data-quote="Joseph Rossow" data-source="post: 5000592" data-attributes="member: 51615">Here are my suggestions.1) Address your players by their character name.&nbsp; Like, when it's Greg's turn to go say &quot;What's Galrath the Grim going to do?&quot;2) Do you use the battlegrid?&nbsp; I find it can detract from the group's ability to creatively imagine a situation.&nbsp; Try running a combat or two without the battlegrid.3) Flesh out time spent back in town. Adventurers attract all sorts of trouble, from greedy dwarves, to apprentice wizards to comely young ladies.&nbsp; These sort of encounters may have nothing to do with the over-arching plot.4) Try to corrupt some of them.&nbsp; See if they'll trade their ethics for a huge boost in power.&nbsp; Then put them in a morally compromising situation and watch the sparks fly.5) Put the player characters in situations where their mental state is slightly altered. It's hard to make good decisions whilst drunk or high.&nbsp; You can then watch the players reason out how their characters would behave in such a situation.6) (and this relates to 3 and 4) Find out what the character's vices are, and start using those against them.&nbsp; Are they greedy?&nbsp; Proud?&nbsp; Lazy?&nbsp; Whatever it is, offer their vice to them in a morally ambiguous way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joseph Rossow, post: 5000592, member: 51615"] Here are my suggestions. 1) [B]Address your players by their character name.[/B] Like, when it's Greg's turn to go say "What's Galrath the Grim going to do?" 2) Do you use the battlegrid? I find it can detract from the group's ability to creatively imagine a situation. [B]Try running a combat or two without the battlegrid.[/B] 3) [B]Flesh out time spent back in town. [/B] Adventurers attract all sorts of trouble, from greedy dwarves, to apprentice wizards to comely young ladies. These sort of encounters may have nothing to do with the over-arching plot. 4)[B] Try to corrupt some of them.[/B] See if they'll trade their ethics for a huge boost in power. Then put them in a morally compromising situation and watch the sparks fly. 5) [B]Put the player characters in situations where their mental state is slightly altered. [/B] It's hard to make good decisions whilst drunk or high. You can then watch the players reason out how their characters would behave in such a situation. 6) (and this relates to 3 and 4) [B]Find out what the character's vices are, and start using those against them.[/B] Are they greedy? Proud? Lazy? Whatever it is, offer their vice to them in a morally ambiguous way. [/QUOTE]

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