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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 4286429" data-attributes="member: 2020">Since you asked my advice, I will give it.  <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  This advice applies regardless of D&D edition, what houserules are in effect, etc., etc.  As DM, require the best out of your players.  If your players are in agreement that they should give their best, and you ask their best out of them, rping is a part of that 'giving their best' aspect.  Rping is how superior parties work together to survive and succeed.  As an example, you have a fighter and a wizard in the party.  If they are smart, they will talk with each other In Character (roleplay) about how to cooperate, how to merge their talents, to defeat foes.  Since you, the DM, intend to throw foes at them that they cannot defeat unless they combine their strengths, this is wise on their part ... and in defeating your challenge by working together, they learn that rping pays off, and they do more of it.</blockquote>