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<blockquote data-quote="Djeta Thernadier" data-source="post: 1318901" data-attributes="member: 12043"><p>Well, some possible things you could consider :</p><p></p><p>Work on character backgrounds. Do they go home, do they visit family, friends, employers? Have the players tell you , in detail what they are doing during downtime (not always easy, I know.) Is there a skill or spell one of them wants? Have them practice at it during this time. Reward them accordingly when that skill/spell comes up again. </p><p></p><p>Come up with a minor quest or mission the party could go on, something designed to be quick and keep them amused, such as retrieving a document, or some artifact from a minor (but not boring) enemy. Reward them with some extra XP & / or gold. Not to mention the good graces of whichever NPC hired them to do the mission.</p><p></p><p>Take some serious inventory. Are they carrying around tons of stuff? Does anyone keep track of it? Now might be a good time to go over notes of who's carrying what, and make sure everyone's on the same page. Does someone want a hard to find item, potion or scroll? This would be a good time for them to go searching for it. Along the way, have them meet a few NPCs who might foreshadow something that the attentive PC might take note of.</p><p></p><p>Just a few ideas.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy <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=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Djeta Thernadier, post: 1318901, member: 12043"] Well, some possible things you could consider : Work on character backgrounds. Do they go home, do they visit family, friends, employers? Have the players tell you , in detail what they are doing during downtime (not always easy, I know.) Is there a skill or spell one of them wants? Have them practice at it during this time. Reward them accordingly when that skill/spell comes up again. Come up with a minor quest or mission the party could go on, something designed to be quick and keep them amused, such as retrieving a document, or some artifact from a minor (but not boring) enemy. Reward them with some extra XP & / or gold. Not to mention the good graces of whichever NPC hired them to do the mission. Take some serious inventory. Are they carrying around tons of stuff? Does anyone keep track of it? Now might be a good time to go over notes of who's carrying what, and make sure everyone's on the same page. Does someone want a hard to find item, potion or scroll? This would be a good time for them to go searching for it. Along the way, have them meet a few NPCs who might foreshadow something that the attentive PC might take note of. Just a few ideas. Enjoy :) [/QUOTE]
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