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<blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 9288860" data-attributes="member: 11">Yes. Something I have been doing in one of my games where people have not been contributing as much, and I and another player worry that it is because they lean too heavily on that one player's outspokenness (every session he is like &quot;I am gonna talk less&quot; and every session he found himself having to talk more to fill in the silences) is cribbing what I call &quot;Session Initiative&quot; from Shadowdark (I know it doesn't quite work this way, but 1. I have never actually played Shadowdark, and 2. I am adapting it to my needs). Basically, at the beginning of every session I have everyone roll an unmodified d20 to determine &quot;session initiative&quot; and I use that list and order to check in with each player and what they are doing (or want to do) in each scene outside of combat. This works well both for times when everyone is calling out at once and for when no one is offering anything trying to be deferential to others.&nbsp; When combat actually comes up we still roll regular combat initiative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="el-remmen, post: 9288860, member: 11"] Yes. Something I have been doing in one of my games where people have not been contributing as much, and I and another player worry that it is because they lean too heavily on that one player's outspokenness (every session he is like "I am gonna talk less" and every session he found himself having to talk more to fill in the silences) is cribbing what I call "Session Initiative" from Shadowdark (I know it doesn't quite work this way, but 1. I have never actually played Shadowdark, and 2. I am adapting it to my needs). Basically, at the beginning of every session I have everyone roll an unmodified d20 to determine "session initiative" and I use that list and order to check in with each player and what they are doing (or want to do) in each scene outside of combat. This works well both for times when everyone is calling out at once and for when no one is offering anything trying to be deferential to others. When combat actually comes up we still roll regular combat initiative. [/QUOTE]

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