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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LadyDM" data-source="post: 2145035" data-attributes="member: 28426">Some of the posts wanted more info, so here goes.Player 1 is the engaged malePlayer 2 is his fiancée.Player 3 is by his OWN admission an ass, not just in game situations, but in real life.Players 4 & 5 are minors; one male and one female, non-couple.Our little group started with players 1 & 3 about 6 months ago.  Player 2 joined us about 2 months after that and players 4&5 joined us only a few weeks ago.  When player 2 joined us, player 3 made it clear he was uncomfortable/concerned with 1 & 2 's relationship spilling over into the game.  At first I thought we was just being himself, but I didn't want him to feel so uncomfortable and leave the game.  Everything was OK and we played on.  As the game progressed, I began to see player 1 change the way he played and began looking to player 2 for....stuff; info, encouragement, help, input on what to do; and he would TRY to alter his course of actions if he saw her in "trouble" but not the other players. (I tried to discourage this, and frequently he became upset at this)   For example, while in an underground crypt, the party was attacked by wraiths.  The battle was not going well for player 2 (bad die rolls) and player 1 put himself between the wraith and player 2 to protect her.  (At this point in the game, their characters were not in any way related).  But when player 5 was in the same danger, player 1 continued to protect player 2 and not go to his other companions aide.After thinking about it for the past few days, and putting it down in writing above, my bottom line concern is that player 1 will continue to alter his style of play while player 2 is a member of the group.  I do not want one player dictating the game atmosphere and I will talk with everyone to make it clear.I don't want to tell players 1&2 they can't play, that's not fair to them.  How do I "coach" player 1 to make his own decisions and act as an individual?</blockquote>

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