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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6427032" data-attributes="member: 2011">Although I agree with this to some extent, I do feel that if the players are having fun, then the DM shouldn't try to browbeat them into a game where their expectations are not being met.I think that one simple solution for 5E comes from Inspirations.Personally, I would suggest that the OP be patient and gradually add in the elements that he wants. Many of us started out playing D&D a long time ago when a lot of the roleplaying stuff was strong at some tables and was weak at others, mostly because there was no Internet, Dragon magazine was one of the few ways to get good new ideas, and most of the direction on how to play the game came from the DM. That is no longer the case. Now, a large part of society has been raised to view "kill it and take its stuff" as pretty much the norm for computer games. It takes time to introduce different roleplaying concepts to people who have been taught this view.The DM should discuss it with his players, but not only that, he should hand out Inspirations for when the players solve problems less with hack and slash and more with other solutions.Carrot. No stick. No need for a stick.If the OP really wants his game to go into this direction, he should actually start getting satisfaction when it starts going that way. And that should be more fun for him. The way to get it to go that way is a) patience, b) carrots, and c) a lot of combat too since combat is something the players obviously enjoy. Balance. Some exploration, some roleplaying, some problem solving with combat, some problem solving in other ways.</blockquote>

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