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Message: <blockquote data-quote="durath" data-source="post: 915848" data-attributes="member: 832">good questionThis is a good question and hopefully DM's will take notice.I'll agree with those who feel it is a bad idea to split up the party.In game it may make the most sense in the world to do this. Maybe the party wants a sneaky PC to scout ahead, or for RP reasons the party would split up.This is one case where out of game should overrule in game. Unless you are a DM of the caliber I have yet to see there is no way to split up the party and also:1.Have those not playing at the moment know what is going on. Even if you have good players who try not to use out of game knowledge it is hard to know how you would have reacted once you know something.2.Bore the hell out of those who are not in on the action. Let's face it, what a DM may consider an opportunity to let a certain PC shine(being sneaky, doing private negotiations etc.) is sure to take some time, and if combat ensues we all know how long some combats can turn out to be.Which boils down to what is usually the majority of your players sitting there with the ol thumb up the bum.The group I play with is pretty big. We currently have seven players. Each of us gets precious little "shine time" as it is so we try to avoid splitting up the party at all costs so as not to further bore people.Our DM routinely punishes us for this by setting up encounters where if we would split up it would make more sense but we muddle through it as team so no one gets bored.</blockquote>

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