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<blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 3523955" data-attributes="member: 8439">As a somewhat sidetrack and somewhat advice I think roleplaying during combat (literally as playing your role) is possibly the most neglected aspect of RP even by dyed in the wool Drama Queens*. So many times I've seen PCs who are constantly at each other's throats outside combat, even sabatoguing each other's plans or plotting against each other form up into a perfectly oiled buffing/flanking/healing machine as soon as initiative is rolled. (to say nothing about nameless NPCs who try to get in the CdG rather than taking full defense and retreating at 2 hp remaining.)*who like to call themselves Real Roleplayers in those 4 types of gamers jokes.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> So if combat is the part of the game you most enjoy as a player or a DM, try to roleplay within combat. Think about character motivations rather than just pure tactics. Who leads the goblin band, and is it through fear or loyalty? If you take out the leader will the others scatter like sheep or suicidally try to kill the one who slew the Great One? Decide in advance and roleplay it.Who knows, if you play enough enemy combatants acording tot heir motivations, your players might get curious enough about those motivations to question one, and then you have the perfect &quot;talking RP&quot; oppertunity.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kahuna Burger, post: 3523955, member: 8439"] As a somewhat sidetrack and somewhat advice I think roleplaying during combat (literally as playing your role) is possibly the most neglected aspect of RP even by dyed in the wool Drama Queens*. So many times I've seen PCs who are constantly at each other's throats outside combat, even sabatoguing each other's plans or plotting against each other form up into a perfectly oiled buffing/flanking/healing machine as soon as initiative is rolled. (to say nothing about nameless NPCs who try to get in the CdG rather than taking full defense and retreating at 2 hp remaining.) *who like to call themselves Real Roleplayers in those 4 types of gamers jokes. ;) So if combat is the part of the game you most enjoy as a player or a DM, try to roleplay within combat. Think about character motivations rather than just pure tactics. Who leads the goblin band, and is it through fear or loyalty? If you take out the leader will the others scatter like sheep or suicidally try to kill the one who slew the Great One? Decide in advance and roleplay it. Who knows, if you play enough enemy combatants acording tot heir motivations, your players might get curious enough about those motivations to question one, and then you have the perfect "talking RP" oppertunity. :D [/QUOTE]

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