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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tales and Chronicles" data-source="post: 8065497" data-attributes="member: 6871653">This is a most vital point. Give Mercer my table, and I can guarantee that even him would fall flat. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />With my group of deadfish eyed, casual pretzel crunchers, wine-all-over-their-damn-sheet-I'm-filling-and-printing-for-them maniacs, having them trying to do the same stuff as CR would be their death; no joke, I think at least two of them would die on the spot if it was revealed that I expect them to have initiative and engage with NPCs or their character goals.I tried once designing a character-oriented sandbox, giving them more or less free reigns to explore and accomplish their characters goals and ambitions. Problem is, none of them had any (yes, even after I told them to find some). So the game fizzled out after one game of doing sweet nothing.Their excuse: ''But we dont know where you want us to go!''So on to the railroad with them! Move fast over exploration, have the NPC actively engage them instead of waiting for the PCs and focus on the action.A little mind-numbing, if you ask me, but a fun relaxing evening with friends none the less.</blockquote>