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Message: <blockquote data-quote="d12" data-source="post: 5645214" data-attributes="member: 657">My regular group has 8 players plus DM. Here are some things I find handy when running groups that large:1. If one player or two players want to dominate the roleplaying bits and be the "face" of the party then let them. Don't insist on input from eveyone unless the players do. 2. If one or two players want to dominate the out-of-combat strategy bits, let them. Four of my players really could not care less if they party goes left, right or center at the tunnel intersection. If the player who usually decides such things says "left" then that's where the party goes unless someone objects. 3. Encourage character diversification. The warning about room size is a good point but sometimes people get clogged up anyway. Encourage at least one character to be an archer or ranged specialist character of some type. Encourage everyone to have a ranged option. Also have them find a few items that allow for increased mobility (a wand of dimension door for example). 4. Houserules. I use a homebrewed version of minions from 4th edition from time to time. This gives more targets for all of those PCs. I also allow a type of "second wind" once per day (standard action, heal 1/4 of your own maximum hp). This prevents the party from feeling like that "have" to have 2 healers.5. Preroll badguy initiatives. If you know the party is likely to encounter the Ogres in Forest, then have their initiatives ready. And yes, as an earlier poster suggested, in mixed groups it is good to have all the zombies go at the same time and all the ghouls at the same time.6. Hand out jobs: give one player the task of tracking initiative. If someone in the group knows the rules REALLY well, put them in charge of resolving other player's questions about attacks of opportunity or a bull rush or a trip attack. All those people can work to your advantage if you put them to work.And the nice thing about 6 players is that if 1 or 2 can't show, you can still play.</blockquote>

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