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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9080967" data-attributes="member: 6684958">You want to do something.It can be nice to have a &quot;slow&quot; session once in a while.&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; But you want to be very careful.A LOT of players simply won't &quot;do&quot; anything: they only want to react to what the GM does.&nbsp; So they will happily sit there all session waiting to react.&nbsp; A LOT of players are followers, so if the other players are &quot;doing it&quot; and &quot;seem to be having fun&quot;&nbsp; then they will follow and do that too.A LOT of players will just sit there and &quot;pretend&quot; to have fun, even if they are not.&nbsp; The end result is that a player might feel it was just wasted time.&nbsp; Sure listening to gnome jokes for an hour was funny....but it's not what they came over to do. Again, a LOT of players don't have all that much free time.&nbsp; So it's a big deal for them to make time to Game.&nbsp; And they often want a minimum of something to make the game time &quot;worth it&quot;&nbsp; This is a bit different for each player....but you can safely say most want combat, action, adventure or to move the story plot along.&nbsp; So, as a GM, it's often best to toss in some &quot;combat, action, adventure or to move the story plot along&quot; to every session.&nbsp; That way, the players can't say the &quot;whole session&quot; was a waste.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9080967, member: 6684958"] You want to do something. It can be nice to have a "slow" session once in a while. Maybe. But you want to be very careful. A LOT of players simply won't "do" anything: they only want to react to what the GM does. So they will happily sit there all session waiting to react. A LOT of players are followers, so if the other players are "doing it" and "seem to be having fun" then they will follow and do that too. A LOT of players will just sit there and "pretend" to have fun, even if they are not. The end result is that a player might feel it was just wasted time. Sure listening to gnome jokes for an hour was funny....but it's not what they came over to do. Again, a LOT of players don't have all that much free time. So it's a big deal for them to make time to Game. And they often want a minimum of something to make the game time "worth it" This is a bit different for each player....but you can safely say most want combat, action, adventure or to move the story plot along. So, as a GM, it's often best to toss in some "combat, action, adventure or to move the story plot along" to every session. That way, the players can't say the "whole session" was a waste. [/QUOTE]

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