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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5804130" data-attributes="member: 463">I accept that some people are bad at it.&nbsp; It's ok to accommodate them if that's what you want to do. That probably would not be my preferred approach - if your group are really as bad as you say, I might not enjoy playing with them.&nbsp; But I've played with a good number of very shy players - and I'm not exactly an extrovert myself, I rated 90% introverted on some online test - and nearly all of them have enjoyed my style, enjoyed having the chance to shine, and done well. IME the kind of issues you talk about are pretty rare.&nbsp; The exception was a guy who was rather creepy as well as shy, he was heavily into the occult and a practicing real-life chaos sorceror*.&nbsp; He chose to play a dashing charismatic swordsman, I gave him opportunities to step on up and wow people, awing the NPCs with his prowess, instead he reliably curled up and folded (12th level PC vs 1st level NPC guards) in a way that was cringingly embarrassing for everyone present.&nbsp; That was not fun - better if he'd played a creepy (low CHA) Necromancer or some such that fitted his actual personality.&nbsp; *The time he claimed to have summoned the demon-spirit of Groucho Marx and (accidentally) brought it into my house was no fun.&nbsp; The session was a disaster, no one could focus, then the back door slammed and shattered the glass panel, nearly injuring one of the other players who was standing nearby.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 5804130, member: 463"] I accept that some people are bad at it. It's ok to accommodate them if that's what you want to do. That probably would not be my preferred approach - if your group are really as bad as you say, I might not enjoy playing with them. But I've played with a good number of very shy players - and I'm not exactly an extrovert myself, I rated 90% introverted on some online test - and nearly all of them have enjoyed my style, enjoyed having the chance to shine, and done well. IME the kind of issues you talk about are pretty rare. The exception was a guy who was rather creepy as well as shy, he was heavily into the occult and a practicing real-life chaos sorceror*. He chose to play a dashing charismatic swordsman, I gave him opportunities to step on up and wow people, awing the NPCs with his prowess, instead he reliably curled up and folded (12th level PC vs 1st level NPC guards) in a way that was cringingly embarrassing for everyone present. That was not fun - better if he'd played a creepy (low CHA) Necromancer or some such that fitted his actual personality. *The time he claimed to have summoned the demon-spirit of Groucho Marx and (accidentally) brought it into my house was no fun. The session was a disaster, no one could focus, then the back door slammed and shattered the glass panel, nearly injuring one of the other players who was standing nearby. [/QUOTE]

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