How do you whip a group into shape?

[Arashi Ravenblade]

Whenever the players i had, had full access to the rules i wouldnt let them use abilities unless they knew how they worked or try things unless they knew how they worked.
Kind of a dont ask me how it works, tell me how it works (when most of the time i already know. It just makes them learn the rules).

And i hand out extra XP to players for teaching newbies the ropes, or explaining a rule to another player. This is also handy in getting them to learn the rules if they think they can at some point get XP out of it.

 

[Nomad4life]

Wow, the original post is 4 years old!

::Nominates this thread for the Lazarus Award::

 

[sniffles]

How did we activate a 4 year old post?! Ah well ... it's stil la good topic.


1) When a player asks "how do I bull rush/grapple/activate a wand with Use Magic Device", or anything similar in the Player's Handbook, reply "good question - look it up and tell me how it works".

2) When there is a rule question, review it the beginning of next session.

It is a good topic.

I agree with item 1. People generally learn by doing better than by being told how to do. I've certainly learned the rules better since I started reading the books and trying to apply them to the game myself, rather than letting the GM or other players tell me how things work.

 

[Asmo]

No wonder that the links aren´t working

Asmo

 

[Cor Azer]

How did we activate a 4 year old post?! Ah well ... it's stil la good topic.

Someone was looking for angramainyu's old reference sheets updated to 3.5.

 

[Nyaricus]

I could use a copy too, please

Nyaricus [at] hotmail [dot] com.

Thanks!