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Message: <blockquote data-quote="painandgreed" data-source="post: 1864108" data-attributes="member: 24969"><p>For one on one games, I tend to get away from the standard model and cater to the player. Find out what they want to play and what they want to do. Let them make up a special character using a template or special ability or something and develop their own long term goals. Give them the chance to play that special character that they will never get to in a regular game. Once they know where they're going, let them go there. Perhaps you have to dump some of the objectivness since you're holding all the cards. In a large group when one person stalls in their thinking, another player is usually there to pick up the slack, with a one on one game, it's like playing chess and one person taking half an hour for a move. Keep the plot moving. Keep their momentum up. If they falter, you may have to have an NPC or luck step in for an instant to get them back on track. Think of it like a book and when the pace slows to the point that you wouldn't want to read about it, don't be afraid to throw in a deus es machina. Learn to read your player and let them run with it whenever they're having fun and get them on track when they aren't.</p></blockquote><p></p>