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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9676856" data-attributes="member: 177">In my main group, some of the players have an acknowledged tendency to go down planning ratholes.&nbsp; They've gotten much better about it over time, but occasionally it still catches them.In an online group I played with over the pandemic, coming to consensus on basic decisions was a bit onerous.&nbsp; Nobody wanted to boss anyone else around, and nobody wanted to make the wrong decision, and the single-threading of talking on a group call slowed everything down, so we fuddled around a bit.&nbsp; In the second campaign with that group, I intentionally created a character who was a little bit smarter than everyone else, and a little less patient than everyone else, but who liked driving to consensus - so I'd frame the question for the party, put forth what seemed like a reasonable course of action, and just outright asked everyone if they liked the plan, and played discussion facilitator if they didn't.&nbsp; Got rid of like 75% of our stalls that way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 9676856, member: 177"] In my main group, some of the players have an acknowledged tendency to go down planning ratholes. They've gotten much better about it over time, but occasionally it still catches them. In an online group I played with over the pandemic, coming to consensus on basic decisions was a bit onerous. Nobody wanted to boss anyone else around, and nobody wanted to make the wrong decision, and the single-threading of talking on a group call slowed everything down, so we fuddled around a bit. In the second campaign with that group, I intentionally created a character who was a little bit smarter than everyone else, and a little less patient than everyone else, but who liked driving to consensus - so I'd frame the question for the party, put forth what seemed like a reasonable course of action, and just outright asked everyone if they liked the plan, and played discussion facilitator if they didn't. Got rid of like 75% of our stalls that way. [/QUOTE]

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