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<blockquote data-quote="Thasmodious" data-source="post: 5522271" data-attributes="member: 63272">I'm horrible at multi-tasking.&nbsp; Heck, I'm often terrible at single-tasking, especially on a computer where there's all this internet at my fingertips.&nbsp; But, that's beside the point.&nbsp; I get where your coming from, but I stand by what I said.&nbsp; It's easy to overcome this, if you want to in the first place, with just a little effort.&nbsp; I don't see it as multitasking, but just playing the game.&nbsp; You are always acting as your character, so its not really multitasking, anymore than managing to drive and shoot at the same time in an FPS is.&nbsp; You're playing the game - a single activity.&nbsp; Those are exactly some of the things I mean when I say it's easy to change.&nbsp; Back in 2e days, I jumped all over the optional XP awards, especially the RP award and I've used a variant of that in any game I've ran since.&nbsp; In Savage Worlds, the players know bennies will be coming their way for good RP and in-character moments.&nbsp; Tweaking your encounters is another excellent way to do this.&nbsp; NewJeffCT gave some very entertaining sounding examples (on that subject, my response to 3 would be: &quot;oh darn, WE were coming to kill the wizard too!&nbsp; Oh well, as long as he's dead.&nbsp; Cheerio!&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ).&nbsp; Inserting planned (or winged) RP elements into encounters is an excellent way to get this going with a group.&nbsp; I don't think system matters much here.&nbsp; Maybe a bit, if we're comparing something like Feng Shui to D&amp;D.&nbsp; But ultimately, it's not a hard thing to push players who are already solid RPers into remaining solid RPers during combat, and it's rewarding as all get out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thasmodious, post: 5522271, member: 63272"] I'm horrible at multi-tasking. Heck, I'm often terrible at single-tasking, especially on a computer where there's all this internet at my fingertips. But, that's beside the point. I get where your coming from, but I stand by what I said. It's easy to overcome this, if you want to in the first place, with just a little effort. I don't see it as multitasking, but just playing the game. You are always acting as your character, so its not really multitasking, anymore than managing to drive and shoot at the same time in an FPS is. You're playing the game - a single activity. Those are exactly some of the things I mean when I say it's easy to change. Back in 2e days, I jumped all over the optional XP awards, especially the RP award and I've used a variant of that in any game I've ran since. In Savage Worlds, the players know bennies will be coming their way for good RP and in-character moments. Tweaking your encounters is another excellent way to do this. NewJeffCT gave some very entertaining sounding examples (on that subject, my response to 3 would be: "oh darn, WE were coming to kill the wizard too! Oh well, as long as he's dead. Cheerio!" :) ). Inserting planned (or winged) RP elements into encounters is an excellent way to get this going with a group. I don't think system matters much here. Maybe a bit, if we're comparing something like Feng Shui to D&D. But ultimately, it's not a hard thing to push players who are already solid RPers into remaining solid RPers during combat, and it's rewarding as all get out. [/QUOTE]

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