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What do I tell players about my overly complex political world?
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<blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7004800" data-attributes="member: 45197"><p>Hiya!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>LOL! Sorry, had to comment...I am still drinking my wake-up juice (coffee) and I *totally* read that the way you didn't intend. You said "...education of your players". My first thought was, 'Yeah, I can see that...', then you go on with "The son of a nobleman, or member of the clergy, ...". I think I almost got to the last sentence before I realized you didn't mean PLAYERS education, you meant PLAYER *CHARACTERS* education. hehe...almost spewed coffee out my nose! </p><p></p><p>No worries, good laugh! Lots of people mistake "Players" for "Player Characters" and think they can use them interchangedly (? is that a word...?).</p><p></p><p>Ahem...</p><p></p><p>Anyway, to the OP: I found writing out basic info and handing it to the players or getting them to read it on-line on our Obsidian Portal site is...almost useless. I have one player that would read it. Out of 6 or 7. So I found it most effective to just give a line or two to them when they first encounter someone/something that is 'important to the back story of the situation'.</p><p>So when they see/encounter that guy abducting the princess, ask a for the PC's "History" skill then make some rolls to see if anyone gets really good. Even if they all fail miserably, give them the info, but if someone does particularly well, maybe give them more or say they met the person before (or the persons father, son, cousin, whatever). That's what I've found works best. Info as the 'action/encounter' is happening...they remember it more.</p><p></p><p>PS: "Players" is the people at the table..."Player Characters" are the fictional characters they are playing in the game... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>PSS: Sorry...couldn't resist! <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=":)" /></p><p></p><p>^_^</p><p></p><p>Paul L. Ming</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pming, post: 7004800, member: 45197"] Hiya! LOL! Sorry, had to comment...I am still drinking my wake-up juice (coffee) and I *totally* read that the way you didn't intend. You said "...education of your players". My first thought was, 'Yeah, I can see that...', then you go on with "The son of a nobleman, or member of the clergy, ...". I think I almost got to the last sentence before I realized you didn't mean PLAYERS education, you meant PLAYER *CHARACTERS* education. hehe...almost spewed coffee out my nose! No worries, good laugh! Lots of people mistake "Players" for "Player Characters" and think they can use them interchangedly (? is that a word...?). Ahem... Anyway, to the OP: I found writing out basic info and handing it to the players or getting them to read it on-line on our Obsidian Portal site is...almost useless. I have one player that would read it. Out of 6 or 7. So I found it most effective to just give a line or two to them when they first encounter someone/something that is 'important to the back story of the situation'. So when they see/encounter that guy abducting the princess, ask a for the PC's "History" skill then make some rolls to see if anyone gets really good. Even if they all fail miserably, give them the info, but if someone does particularly well, maybe give them more or say they met the person before (or the persons father, son, cousin, whatever). That's what I've found works best. Info as the 'action/encounter' is happening...they remember it more. PS: "Players" is the people at the table..."Player Characters" are the fictional characters they are playing in the game... ;) PSS: Sorry...couldn't resist! :) ^_^ Paul L. Ming [/QUOTE]
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