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<blockquote data-quote="pogre" data-source="post: 2173307" data-attributes="member: 6588">I work really hard at plot hooks to interest my players, but sometimes I fail. I have a standing understanding with my players to try and help each other out. The players are there to play, I'm there to run the game. If I blow it on the motivation, but still manage to spew out a weak plot hook they usually are good sports and say, &quot;let's go!&quot;That's my metagame answer.The answer to the original query is the Big Guy had better explain why it is important to the PCs. Even if it is just to say you will do this or I will blow your house down. What he will say very much depends on the big guy's relationship with the PCs. If it is one of dominance, I think the answer to the question is clear - beat them until they submit or die.I cannot leave it at that without at least one more metagame comment though: It would never come to this in my game, because my players would pick up the slack in what I personally feel is a rather shallow hook.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pogre, post: 2173307, member: 6588"] I work really hard at plot hooks to interest my players, but sometimes I fail. I have a standing understanding with my players to try and help each other out. The players are there to play, I'm there to run the game. If I blow it on the motivation, but still manage to spew out a weak plot hook they usually are good sports and say, "let's go!" That's my metagame answer. The answer to the original query is the Big Guy had better explain why it is important to the PCs. Even if it is just to say you will do this or I will blow your house down. What he will say very much depends on the big guy's relationship with the PCs. If it is one of dominance, I think the answer to the question is clear - beat them until they submit or die. I cannot leave it at that without at least one more metagame comment though: It would never come to this in my game, because my players would pick up the slack in what I personally feel is a rather shallow hook. [/QUOTE]

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