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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 8003112" data-attributes="member: 6696971">[USER=42040]@Retreater[/USER]There could be a lot of different things happening here.One thing that is very common to D&D is when players start to perceive the following game dynamics:1) The combat mechanics are transparent, overwhelmingly player-facing, and yield a clear win condition.2) Noncombat mechanics are the opposite; opaque and overwhelmingly GM-facing and don’t have a clear win:loss condition.Due to this, players can feel like their decision-points become difficult or impossible to navigate if it’s not combat. Consequently, every obstacle becomes one to oppose by engaging the combat mechanics/turning things violent.It’s sort of a “when all you have is a hammer, everything becomes a nail” problem.Have s conversation about that with your players and see if that is what is in play and what you can do collectively to reconcile it.</blockquote>