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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Charles Rampant" data-source="post: 7255611" data-attributes="member: 32659">A good and relevant point, thanks. So my checklist should include creating a goal or desired outcome for each important NPC.Man, the DMG. I read that book cover to come, when it first came out, and yet I constantly am surprised by mention of some part of it that I had totally forgotten about. Well, a quick dndbeyond skim shows the section you're mentioning, and I do like both of your suggestions here. So my checklist should also include some desired outcomes for the players, and mechanical methods and rewards for achieving them.Yeah, I absolutely agree with this. I'm keen to avoid the newer players sitting and waiting for a combat, especially. I think that I'll do the cards and models method again, since that way I can move the cards around to demonstrate that, actually, Lady Roaringhorn has decided to speak to the wallflower PC whether he likes it or not. Computer game RPGs tend to have the rooms of stunned people - all waiting patiently and passively for your character to complete a circuit and speak to them individually. Best to avoid that. I've also found that players tend to enjoy boasting of their accomplishments to NPCs - I remember one player describing his party's adventures with great gusto to a tavern full of dwarves, with only the most modest prompting from me throughout. One easy way to is have at least one young and impressionable noble who simply must hear what the adventuring life is like.</blockquote>

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