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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1560337" data-attributes="member: 1210">Hmm... this one line actually quite provoked my thinking, and in the end, I have to say a lil of both.I try to leave lots of opportunities for the pcs to use social approaches to adventures- a recent low-level adventure climaxed when a pc shot an npc and wounded him, so the pcs fled (since the social repercussions were heavy), f'rinstance.  Also, the npc bad guys often have hidden flaws- the half-orc bandit resents his leader for stealing his woman, and he's ripe for the pcs to recruit. On the other hand, the pcs once encountered a ghost.  The pc with the highest initiative, on the first round, before the ghost (who was intended as strictly a combat encounter) got to act, made a speech about trying to lay him to rest and right the wrongs that kept the ghost from going to his eternal reward.  Diplomacy roll = somewhere around a 30.Well, okay, mr. ghost went away peacefully and the pcs earned full xp.  But it wasn't set up for a 'social' victory- my players chose that route without my encouragement.  So, I guess a dm's style helps... the rules help... and most of all, the style the players prefer helps.Maybe you have the wrong group?</blockquote>