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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DDK" data-source="post: 345867" data-attributes="member: 6469">I have a good group of players. I like all of them and enjoy pretty much every game we play. However, one player in particular doesn't seem to be able to really take full advantage of his character. What I mean by this is that his character could be doing many things but he just seems to stay in the background and let everyone else do stuff. I'm not sure exactly what the problem is and I have, in subtle and not so subtle ways, tried to encourage him but all to no avail. It's not that he's not intelligent, in fact I'm almost positive he's the most intelligent of our group, and I don't think it's because he's unimaginative, he just doesn't seem to want to DO anything. One example is when he was held in a web and couldn't get out. He could've cast spells or fire his bow at enemies but he did nothing. Playing a bard character meant that he could've at least sung to help his comrades but all he did was struggle fruitlessly against the web for over ten rounds! Another example was when it was patently obvious that there was a secret door in a wall but nobody could find the trigger mechanism (the Search DC was too high) and if he'd just have inspired someone and thus given them a +2 bonus, the players would've found a 10,000gp diamond! It's SOOO frustrating to see this kind of thing happen and not be able to just shout, "DO SOMETHING!" His character is far from useless and there are dozens of times when I think to myself, "If he'd only do this, then it could help the entire party..." but he just never takes advantage of his character. He just sits back and lets everyone else do everything. What can I do to inspire him? Like I said, I don't think it's because he's stupid or unimaginative, but he just doesn't seem to get involved very much. I've asked if he enjoys playing and if he's bored and he said he does and he isn't but that's about the only thing I can think of that it could be.</blockquote>

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