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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stumblewyk" data-source="post: 5751951" data-attributes="member: 67606">I'm going to give you some very different advice from what I've read above.  Not to say that what other people have suggested is wrong, or won't ultimately end being what you have to do to keep your gaming sanity, but I want you try this first - punish your players bad behavior.You don't want them killing NPC's?  Then have the law of the land exact justice.  The local lord takes them prisoner, by force.  Unfair trials, punishments, and yes, even executions are the order of the day.You don't want them running rampant across the countryside slaughtering innocent villagers?  Have an order of paladins and clerics, dedicated to the protection of innocents, descend on the PCs like the wave of holy terror that they are.Show your players that their character's bad behavior has very bad consequences for them.  When they ask why this happening, you make it very clear: no action occurs in a vacuum, and justice will be served.If this doesn't get them to act like the heroes you want them to be, then you need to look at some other options, namely: a different genre of game, new players, or just telling one of them to run the damn game for a little while, while you get to play the role of annoying player.</blockquote>