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<blockquote data-quote="Boris2112" data-source="post: 6498100" data-attributes="member: 6788821"><p>I suggest getting her out of her comfort zone. In my group we had one player who was indecisive and kinda just went through the motions. So we made him the leader of the group. I know this sounds intense but he eventually came out of the shell and is one of the best players at the table now. And to be honest, the other players had a blast trying to keep it together as the new leader blew it and fumbled again and again. As I don't know the personality of the gal in your group I can't say for certain that this will help or hinder. And as for rules, we had one of those too. When we started playing she would constantly quote rules and to make things worse she has an eidetic memory. So she can give you chapter and verse word for word. I was a player in that campaign for about a year and we suffered. But as the GM roll past to me I was able to take the experience and come up with a couple of things that really shut the door on it. When a rule dispute would come up I would say one of two things. 1. "When you are running the game you can choose how to run it in regards to the rules. That may be how the rules are on page whatever, paragraph whatever, line whatever, but that is not what the rule states in the campaign setting that I have written for the GMs eyes only. I wish I could show you but I don't want to ruin the game experience for you by providing you with information that is for the GM. Now lets move on." 2. As it states in almost ever game rule book that I have ever read. "The rules are merely a framework and are not to be taken as set in stone."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boris2112, post: 6498100, member: 6788821"] I suggest getting her out of her comfort zone. In my group we had one player who was indecisive and kinda just went through the motions. So we made him the leader of the group. I know this sounds intense but he eventually came out of the shell and is one of the best players at the table now. And to be honest, the other players had a blast trying to keep it together as the new leader blew it and fumbled again and again. As I don't know the personality of the gal in your group I can't say for certain that this will help or hinder. And as for rules, we had one of those too. When we started playing she would constantly quote rules and to make things worse she has an eidetic memory. So she can give you chapter and verse word for word. I was a player in that campaign for about a year and we suffered. But as the GM roll past to me I was able to take the experience and come up with a couple of things that really shut the door on it. When a rule dispute would come up I would say one of two things. 1. "When you are running the game you can choose how to run it in regards to the rules. That may be how the rules are on page whatever, paragraph whatever, line whatever, but that is not what the rule states in the campaign setting that I have written for the GMs eyes only. I wish I could show you but I don't want to ruin the game experience for you by providing you with information that is for the GM. Now lets move on." 2. As it states in almost ever game rule book that I have ever read. "The rules are merely a framework and are not to be taken as set in stone." [/QUOTE]
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