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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6861353" data-attributes="member: 6701872">Giving out inspiration to players that actually embrace their low rolls (i.e. they don't sit silently during every social situation because of their low charisma, they don't try to contribute to planning or puzzle solving because of low intelligence, and so on) is an idea I support.Really, I support anything that might help my own group finally get into the swing of using Inspiration. We're currently struggling to get the players past the feeling that if they bring up whether or not something was worth inspiration that they are doing the undesirable behavior of begging for bennies, while I am also struggling to find a solution for me not always remembering every background detail of every character in all our campaigns that doesn't rely solely on my players speaking up about when they were trying to incorporate a detail meaningfully (so we can meet half-way on the matter). I'm struck by the idea of printing a sheet that lists their details in large enough print that I can reference it without struggling to read my scribble-scratch handwriting, but I keep forgetting to actually implement the idea and see how much it helps (but hey, now that I am reminded of it and not currently busy doing anything important, I'll get on that - thanks for the reminder, EnWorld).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6861353, member: 6701872"] Giving out inspiration to players that actually embrace their low rolls (i.e. they don't sit silently during every social situation because of their low charisma, they don't try to contribute to planning or puzzle solving because of low intelligence, and so on) is an idea I support. Really, I support anything that might help my own group finally get into the swing of using Inspiration. We're currently struggling to get the players past the feeling that if they bring up whether or not something was worth inspiration that they are doing the undesirable behavior of begging for bennies, while I am also struggling to find a solution for me not always remembering every background detail of every character in all our campaigns that doesn't rely solely on my players speaking up about when they were trying to incorporate a detail meaningfully (so we can meet half-way on the matter). I'm struck by the idea of printing a sheet that lists their details in large enough print that I can reference it without struggling to read my scribble-scratch handwriting, but I keep forgetting to actually implement the idea and see how much it helps (but hey, now that I am reminded of it and not currently busy doing anything important, I'll get on that - thanks for the reminder, EnWorld). [/QUOTE]

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