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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sirteabag" data-source="post: 5465375" data-attributes="member: 6670043">@<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/members/kingreaper.html" target="_blank">Kingreaper</a>; Yeah, they've been long life friends and I can't say they were really mad.  They are usually the kind to solve things with a sword over their brains which led to many hours of work on my part being laid to waste because of the choice to say "I want to stab the old man and take his robes".  Don't get me wrong, I facilitate the option to expand but they often seemed to sniff out my quest giver and destroy him.  Dunno why.[MENTION=90804]OnlineDM[/MENTION]; it worked, made things a lot more interesting at least <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />[MENTION=94022]Riastlin[/MENTION]; Yes I would agree and imagine it could be an icky situation, I don't try it with others for that reason.  On the other hand in Bioshock love and lore I have come to telling one of the players (whom I know) to take any suggestion I give them as long as it begins with "you should kindly" <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  I've found passing notes leads to very suspicious game play.  And as for politics, I definitely include those but this works on-top of that in way.  It makes a situation where the players think everything is politically correct but still throws a wrench in plans.  However once they find out its weird, a true Irvin Yalom moment as they realize and become invigorated to "bring me down" and gtfo the island.  Made me tear haha.[MENTION=27897]Ryujin[/MENTION]; well whats Batman without a belt full of secret compartments?  And as DM's aren't we all a little like batman: fighting evil, improvising, thinking on our feet, etc <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />  And as for the cards, again they give off the wrong vibe and lead to suspicions.  I wanted them to be caught unawares that they even had reason to admit to each other suspicion.  [MENTION=67954]moxcamel[/MENTION]; merci monsieur[MENTION=27897]Ryujin[/MENTION]; and that's why I say -no deity- and neutral <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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