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<blockquote data-quote="Ambrus" data-source="post: 3412694" data-attributes="member: 17691">Sometimes I find it necessary to do it simply to remind them that the NPCs are only stating their own opinions rather than some kind of meta-campaign truth. Players who are stuck listening to a single NPC deliver his spiel seem to readily accept that I'm delivering a plot hook and don't bother to imagine that the NPC's statements are colored by his own experience and motives and might simply be wrong or misguided. Having two or more NPCs passionately state opposing or differing viewpoints helps bring the uncertainty of what they're saying back into focus; leaving it up to the players to figure out what their characters should do for themselves.When switching between NPCs I simply assume different postures or speaking style or precede it with an action the NPC takes: &quot;The Chancellor, unhappy with the Baron's opinion, stands and desperately pleads with his liege.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ambrus, post: 3412694, member: 17691"] Sometimes I find it necessary to do it simply to remind them that the NPCs are only stating their own opinions rather than some kind of meta-campaign truth. Players who are stuck listening to a single NPC deliver his spiel seem to readily accept that I'm delivering a plot hook and don't bother to imagine that the NPC's statements are colored by his own experience and motives and might simply be wrong or misguided. Having two or more NPCs passionately state opposing or differing viewpoints helps bring the uncertainty of what they're saying back into focus; leaving it up to the players to figure out what their characters should do for themselves. When switching between NPCs I simply assume different postures or speaking style or precede it with an action the NPC takes: [I]"The Chancellor, unhappy with the Baron's opinion, stands and desperately pleads with his liege."[/I] [/QUOTE]

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