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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brother MacLaren" data-source="post: 3756474" data-attributes="member: 15999">Sitting back and watching happens in any RPG for a number of reasons.Only the rogue and bard are sneaky enough to scout, so everybody else is stuck watching while that happens.Your PC is temporarily incapacitated, so you're stuck watching for a while.Your PC's abilities aren't useful against this opponent, so you're stuck watching for a while.The key to having fun in my experience is to be able to enjoy those moments, to be able to have fun watching your allies succeed.The most memorable moment in MarauderX's campaign was against the party's former paladin (now a death knight) and two liches.  My druid was entangled (Black Tentacles), the Arcane Trickster was choking in a Cloudkill, the rogue was polymorphed into a squirrel, and the shadowdancer was blinded.  This left the bard facing the undead.  He dodged or resisted spell after spell, blasted them with fire, battled the death knight, destroyed the cleric-lich, and made this epic one-man stand until my druid could get free.  What I've read a lot of is "It's not fun to not be able to do anything in a round."  And I disagree with that.  In a good game, what the other PCs are doing can be just as exciting and entertaining as what your own PC is doing.</blockquote>