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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 7428983" data-attributes="member: 82106">OK, I've GMed for long enough to have 'seen everything'. So, yeah, once or twice in 40 years I saw a guy that hung out with the other players and nominally had a character, and actually kept coming back week after week. I had one guy that was SORT OF like that in a 4e campaign. He was actually pretty interested in playing, at times, but he ran a bow ranger and did pretty much just react to things. However, he also slacked off and finally just stopped showing up, although he kept SAYING he was 'coming this week' for a year! lol. My point is, when people are REALLY so disengaged that they aren't even into it enough to RP at all, they almost invariably don't stick around. I think its a corner-case, basically.What is MUCH more likely is you have some people who, for various reasons, are not quite fully engaged. OFTEN IT IS BECAUSE A D&amp;D STYLE GAME ACTUALLY DOESN'T INTEREST THEM! These are people that are prime candidates for something like a Story Now game! Meh, 4e has bow rangers and, for the true slacker, the Slayer. We usually kept a 'guest character' slayer around that could be borrowed by visitors who wanted to do more than watch. Works well enough. I see the simple builds as being more 'introductory' than 'remedial'. Its quite possible to build one in my game as well, although it really hasn't come up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 7428983, member: 82106"] OK, I've GMed for long enough to have 'seen everything'. So, yeah, once or twice in 40 years I saw a guy that hung out with the other players and nominally had a character, and actually kept coming back week after week. I had one guy that was SORT OF like that in a 4e campaign. He was actually pretty interested in playing, at times, but he ran a bow ranger and did pretty much just react to things. However, he also slacked off and finally just stopped showing up, although he kept SAYING he was 'coming this week' for a year! lol. My point is, when people are REALLY so disengaged that they aren't even into it enough to RP at all, they almost invariably don't stick around. I think its a corner-case, basically. What is MUCH more likely is you have some people who, for various reasons, are not quite fully engaged. OFTEN IT IS BECAUSE A D&D STYLE GAME ACTUALLY DOESN'T INTEREST THEM! These are people that are prime candidates for something like a Story Now game! Meh, 4e has bow rangers and, for the true slacker, the Slayer. We usually kept a 'guest character' slayer around that could be borrowed by visitors who wanted to do more than watch. Works well enough. I see the simple builds as being more 'introductory' than 'remedial'. Its quite possible to build one in my game as well, although it really hasn't come up. [/QUOTE]

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