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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1721515" data-attributes="member: 5171">Here's an idea, for what it's worth.&nbsp; This would work better in a more drama-minded RP group, a group whose members are former drama or improv folks than number-crunchers.&nbsp; It is also fairly important that the group be firmly out of the &quot;Beat the DM&quot; mindset.Make decent NPC cards -- like you'd make for yourself in a game you prepped, only on index cards, and with a few important stats, like:&quot;Guard Number One: Slow-witted but methodical, loves to quote rules, generally annoying, even to the other guard.&nbsp; If PCs are nice, no help whatsoever.&nbsp; If PCs are rude, will bring up &quot;Wizard guy who was here yesterday&quot; as an example of people who &quot;Have made right preparations to get invited.&quot;&nbsp; Wizard is red-robed man with gold skullcap.Sense Motive +6, Opposes Intimidate with +4 check.&quot;Then, when the PCs in that scene come to the door of the building, you say, &quot;You see a pair of guards standing before the door.&nbsp; They're wearing the royal colors and well-polished breastplates and holding halberds.&nbsp; One of them is thin and has a big mustache, while the other is fairly hefty and looks sort of dazed.&quot;&nbsp; As the players think about options briefly, you toss the cards to players who aren't in the scene.&nbsp; They get to play the NPCs.(Of course, players doing something big out-of-game, like levelling their character or recalculating encumbrance after making a bunch of purchases, should do that instead.&nbsp; This is just to keep 'em from getting bored.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="takyris, post: 1721515, member: 5171"] Here's an idea, for what it's worth. This would work better in a more drama-minded RP group, a group whose members are former drama or improv folks than number-crunchers. It is also fairly important that the group be firmly out of the "Beat the DM" mindset. Make decent NPC cards -- like you'd make for yourself in a game you prepped, only on index cards, and with a few important stats, like: "Guard Number One: Slow-witted but methodical, loves to quote rules, generally annoying, even to the other guard. If PCs are nice, no help whatsoever. If PCs are rude, will bring up "Wizard guy who was here yesterday" as an example of people who "Have made right preparations to get invited." Wizard is red-robed man with gold skullcap. Sense Motive +6, Opposes Intimidate with +4 check." Then, when the PCs in that scene come to the door of the building, you say, "You see a pair of guards standing before the door. They're wearing the royal colors and well-polished breastplates and holding halberds. One of them is thin and has a big mustache, while the other is fairly hefty and looks sort of dazed." As the players think about options briefly, you toss the cards to players who aren't in the scene. They get to play the NPCs. (Of course, players doing something big out-of-game, like levelling their character or recalculating encumbrance after making a bunch of purchases, should do that instead. This is just to keep 'em from getting bored.) [/QUOTE]

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