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<blockquote data-quote="amerigoV" data-source="post: 5751638">Before you listen to everyone and dump your players, you might consider running either a different genre or game system. If you are playing 3e/4e/Pathfinder,&nbsp; the system rewards the bad play you have grown tired of. Yes, you can get XP for roleplaying your way past things, but the game has always had a strong &quot;kill critters and take their stuff&quot; mentality that is hard to shake. Plus you get the XP for killing things.For example, if you play a bit of Deadlands (Savage Worlds) - players might be shaken out of their old habits because their expectations of setting is different (Deadlands is the 1870s old west, with a &quot;weird&quot; twist). There is no alignment to speak of and the law only cares about keeping the peace, not your moral disposition. There is not the inherent need to loot everything your kill (the guy probably has a peacemaker much like your own).Now if you have already tried that or the group is dead set on not changing, different story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="amerigoV, post: 5751638"] Before you listen to everyone and dump your players, you might consider running either a different genre or game system. If you are playing 3e/4e/Pathfinder, the system rewards the bad play you have grown tired of. Yes, you can get XP for roleplaying your way past things, but the game has always had a strong "kill critters and take their stuff" mentality that is hard to shake. Plus you get the XP for killing things. For example, if you play a bit of Deadlands (Savage Worlds) - players might be shaken out of their old habits because their expectations of setting is different (Deadlands is the 1870s old west, with a "weird" twist). There is no alignment to speak of and the law only cares about keeping the peace, not your moral disposition. There is not the inherent need to loot everything your kill (the guy probably has a peacemaker much like your own). Now if you have already tried that or the group is dead set on not changing, different story. [/QUOTE]

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