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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Acquana" data-source="post: 1080109" data-attributes="member: 1616">Man oh man, have I got a thread for you.  <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60621&perpage=40&pagenumber=1" target="_blank">Boys will be boys.</a>Don't worry about it.  Sometimes we all get crappy players.  Just don't react the way I did.  I ended up cursing back at the guy that he needed to stop trying to shoot the innocents and trying to lay the NPCs.  Thankfully he stopped coming, he was hard to fit into our schedule anyway ...But to the matter at hand!  Let it be known that the DM's Guide, all purpose guide to annoying players, DOES encourage giving out XP for roleplaying situations done well!  Plus let it also be known:*ahem*  Rule #0:  The DM has the power to change rules as she pleases.  It's in the books.  If you wanna show this guy, do so.I give roleplaying XP, and I tally most of the XP in secret so it doesn't matter too much.  I just tell the players beforehand, "You who help move the plot get more XP."  Plain and simple.  Though it does tend to leave our shy player behind.  The poor dear tries, she just doesn't do very much ...  Just be fair and help get the other players on your side.  If it's just one, it's just one, and if he wants to keep his hobby then he'll have to adjust.  Courage my fellow, DM.  Courage.</blockquote>