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<blockquote data-quote="ThoughtBubble" data-source="post: 3455969" data-attributes="member: 9723">I've been working on this quite a bit the last few games. It's going pretty slow, but it is a steady step.One of the PC's has a crew he's in command of. As things come up during the game, we're constantly seeing what sort of folks are in there. As things come up, we make note of them. The crew just keeps getting mroe interesting. It's a lot of fun because the entire table is having a terriffic time throwing in ideas and suggestions.&nbsp; The same PC with the crew has a younger brother. There were some off-hand ideas about the younger brother getting into trouble because of his girlfriend. By the time we were done building chracters, one of the players was now the girlfriend's elderly grandfather, and she was the rightful heir to the throne (that the younger brother is getting).&nbsp; What I've found works is doing things in a group. Have multiple people at the talbe there, and just discuss ideas freely. When something cool happens, jump on it, and ride it out. Get really enthusiastic when something cool is said, and pretty soon more people will speak up. I think the group dynamic really helps. You get a lot of positive feedback from the rest of the players. When you do something cool, everyone knows. The other players get to add their ideas in to everyone's stuff. This makes it cooler during someone else's subplot, because the sneaky werewolf bodyguard was your suggestion. And finally, everyone acts as a set of checks. If someone smells something fishy, it's more likely to come up, and everyone's a little more likely to be honest if everyone else gets a say.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ThoughtBubble, post: 3455969, member: 9723"] I've been working on this quite a bit the last few games. It's going pretty slow, but it is a steady step. One of the PC's has a crew he's in command of. As things come up during the game, we're constantly seeing what sort of folks are in there. As things come up, we make note of them. The crew just keeps getting mroe interesting. It's a lot of fun because the entire table is having a terriffic time throwing in ideas and suggestions. The same PC with the crew has a younger brother. There were some off-hand ideas about the younger brother getting into trouble because of his girlfriend. By the time we were done building chracters, one of the players was now the girlfriend's elderly grandfather, and she was the rightful heir to the throne (that the younger brother is getting). What I've found works is doing things in a group. Have multiple people at the talbe there, and just discuss ideas freely. When something cool happens, jump on it, and ride it out. Get really enthusiastic when something cool is said, and pretty soon more people will speak up. I think the group dynamic really helps. You get a lot of positive feedback from the rest of the players. When you do something cool, everyone knows. The other players get to add their ideas in to everyone's stuff. This makes it cooler during someone else's subplot, because the sneaky werewolf bodyguard was your suggestion. And finally, everyone acts as a set of checks. If someone smells something fishy, it's more likely to come up, and everyone's a little more likely to be honest if everyone else gets a say. [/QUOTE]

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