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Copycats, all of you!
Naw, I was an original...
so um... feedback on monolith? I know there were a few rough patches... but some overall feedback would be welcome.... thanks
What do you know you want to improve already?
How you handle hidden information affects pacing a lot. It's helpful to spoiler information you know your players will ask for next. But, it is also sometimes good to leave out less obvious skills to let people be creative with how they investigate.
thank you, ofanything. yes, remembering to spoiler information for investigative approaches is something I will have to work on and remember to do. it would save time and frustration.
Not sure what I need to improve other than that... I guess transitions could use some work, as I found them a bit awkward, not sure when to push and when not to... it's easier at a face to face table, as it's easier to sense player moods and everyone is reacting at the same time.
Anyway - any constructive criticism and encouragement are welcome.
Yeah, we talked about doors before and how awkward it can be trying to get everyone to weigh in before moving forward. At some point it is easier to let a few characters catch up instead of slowing everything down. You have to be careful not to do that too much, though. It can feel like you missed a lot if the action moves on without you. As a GM, you can keep a slower player involved by leaving spoilers for Knowledge checks or parts of the room description that their character notices. That lets them act on the information and share it with everyone else, so when they do get a chance to post it is meaningful in some way.
good idea, thanks!
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Some thoughts on doors:
Doors and going through them is part of the game that goes back to the earliest editions, when most of the game was spent exploring dungeons. Older/experienced players grew up with all manner of insanely creative traps around doors. Even thought they're not nearly as scary as they used to be, it can cause a bottleneck/bystander situation.
If you know a scenario is going to be VERY big on doors (because you thoroughly prepped) I strongly recommend having the party make a "door protocol" in the discussion tab. That way, you have buy in for everyone to simply execute.
Ferox, Grym, Gaius, and Bucho listen
(Does not include Favored Enemy)
(Does not include Favored Enemy)
Gaius then checks for traps
I keep this as a "quickpost" up with initiative and Perception.
This doesn't work for everyone and if you're only looking at a few doors, it can be more work than it's worth. If you're going to need it more than a handful of times though, it's a HUGE help.
I did EXACTLY this all the way through Risen from the Sands when I auto-rolled my party through all the doors in that dungeon. Each day started a new combat!
Hmm
Good advice. As a player I find doors very problematic. As a GM they can be a huge bottleneck to progress and a chance for players to dither and *not* act.
I'm here! I'm reading! I'm so sorry for the lack of responces. My life had prevented serious rpg thought recently. I've just barely managed to keep up with the games I'm in.
I look forward to fully responding... Soon.
^ I like that advice on the door protocols! I can definitely see using this while running a scenario/module/whatever that involves a lot of dungeon-delving, unless you happen to get a rare group where the scout people can and do post frequently.
Hello Everyone! Today's learning game is the GM 101 Deck of Many Situations! Yay!
Everyone who is reading along (this includes you lurkers):
1) Roll 1d11, twice.
2) Roll 1d4, twice.
Muahahahahahahaha.
Hmm
Re: door protocol
I like that idea. I have had several games suffer from door paralysis. They are all dead now, but I'm putting that in my back pocket for sure.
Monolith feedback:
I feel it went well. I think you did a good job and the transitions weren't to awkward, as you felt. The only suggestion I have had say been offered. Spoilering investigative info relly helps and nested spoilers will revolutionize my investigations.
Re: fatigue
This may apply to me more than I would line to admit. I have several games that are inactive in my campaign list, but the ones that are active aren't universally exciting for me. However, I suffer from a strong case of people pleasing. I hate closing games down, even if they are moving at glacial paces...
Just bring honest.
Oladon's plugin: the best thing since the campaign tab. Get it.
Lazerus form recovery extension: an almost literal life saver.
My most current problem is a group that seems dead set on not giong anywhere. They're a bunch of drow or drow-adjacent beings who just saw their noble house get curb stomped.
They decide to set up an independent company, but the internal indecision is staggering. One guy is kinda leading, but his decisions are routinely disparaged in-character by another. I'm at a loss as to how to deal with it and that fact has slowed the hand to a snail's pace.
JAFO, how do you handle these issues? Describe your approach, then click your complication and describe how you'd deal with that.
But... Low level play is boring!
Setup: You are running a 7- 11 scenario.
Situation: A player brought a freshly made custom 7th level character to the table who has not earned its way to that level. The player states that low level play is boring, and only wants to do higher tier scenarios.
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Wait, what's the mission again?
Setup: It is halfway through the scenario.
Situation: The players have forgotten what their mission is for the scenario. It's been pages and pages of posts, and they're getting distracted.
Re: fatigue
This may apply to me more than I would line to admit. I have several games that are inactive in my campaign list, but the ones that are active aren't universally exciting for me. However, I suffer from a strong case of people pleasing. I hate closing games down, even if they are moving at glacial paces...
Just bring honest.Oladon's plugin: the best thing since the campaign tab. Get it.
Lazerus form recovery extension: an almost a literal life saver.My most current problem is a group that seems dead set on not giong anywhere. They're a bunch of drow or drow-adjacent beings who just saw their noble house get curb stomped.
They decide to set up an independent company, but the internal indecision is staggering. One guy is kinda leading, but his decisions are routinely disparaged in-character by another. I'm at a loss as to how to deal with it and that fact has slowed the hand to a snail's pace.
Choon, if you are unhappy with a long term game that you are GMing, I think it is time to be honest with your players and dump it. For something short term, like PFS, I say grit your teeth and finish it... Or explain that you are burned out, and ask another GM if they'd be willing to finish it. You don't want to cost people their one chance to play through a scenario.
For your Drow game, have you thought of just having trouble find them immediately in such a way as to tell the other players in your game that the leader was right?
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Choon, here are your issues. Describe your approach, then click your complication and describe how you'd deal with that.
Help a poor soul out?
Setup: A character has just died during the course of the scenario.
Situation: The player is very upset by this situation. The player wants to know how he can raise his character. However, he does not have enough Prestige Points or gold.
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Our last GM SUCKED!
Setup: You're starting a new game.
Situation: Your players complain in open discussion that another GM did an abominable job of running a scenario, and are really disappointed.
I'm hoping I get "Players are too friendly and helpful" and "Players compliment the GM too much on his awesomeness". :-)
Hello Everyone! Today's learning game is the GM 101 Deck of Many Situations! Yay!
Everyone who is reading along (this includes you lurkers):
1) Roll 1d11, twice.
2) Roll 1d4, twice.
Muahahahahahahaha.
Hmm
SOME GENERAL RULES for this:
1) The GM that gets it, answers it. Try to answer the first question before the complication arises, then answer the complication. Got it?
2) Once they've answered it, feel free to give feedback and have discussion.
Thanks to Pirate Rob for this very silly idea, and for most of the card concepts that I am using.
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oh my... how would -I- handle these situations? Those are hard! give me easy ones! lol okay - never mind... saw what Choon got... mine were easy in comparison.. here goes:
I would explain to the player in pm that he cannot create a high level character for pfs play, the character must start at 1st lvl and play up to that level... however! I would not turn the player away, I would offer the player the option of playing a pregen 7th lvl character, and explain how credit is applied, but he must have an appropriate level character to apply the credit to, so he'd have to hold onto the credit until his character reached appropriate level. I'd refer him to the pfs player reference document (and give him a link to download it) for backup to my explanation, and tell him he is still welcome to play with the group of course, but as a pregen.
As an alternative, if he's not willing to play a pregen, I'd apologize that pfs does not have another alternative that might enthuse him, and suggest if he refuses the pregen option, that he check the recruitment boards for non-pfs games that offer play for higher level characters, as such games do get formed regularly.
This one is tougher, as it's not easy to get folks on track if they don't 'get it' even after restating the mission to them, or referring them to initial scenario documents. I'd try to do it in an 'organic' sort of way, by having an npc restate it for them in a different way, or maybe a note from their vc who sent them on the mission in the first place... maybe they need a sort of sideways push to get back in the groove?
If worst comes to worst, and only as a final resort, I would tell them ooc in the discussion board what they need to do next. but that would only be a desperation move, when all else has failed, I think.
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big money, big money, no whammy, no whammy... Stop!
Here's hoping for...
1. Player loopy on Medication; and
2. Large Animals in Tight Spaces
1) explain the rules and that his character is not, in fact, gone forever. It may take some work to get it back, but it's possible.
*click*
Try to calm him and point out that this is a fantastic hook for just about any other character he cares to make. The new character could quest to bring back the old for any number of reasons. They could have been married, siblings or even arch nemesis! That original character does without my permission, so I'm going to raise him and kill him again!
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2) Try to redirect or, if that falls, ask them not to discuss that. I understand bad GM's, but this is not that game. We probably need to get started anyway.
*click*
*Inner people pleaser shudders*
Try my best to de-escalate if possible. Point out that I was trying to not talk about him. Cite posts trying to get the game moving.
If it persists, recommend they take the argument somewhere else. Proceed to recommend moor strongly until they get the picture that I have a game to run here and they're not helping.
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Choon, if you are unhappy with a long term game that you are GMing, I think it is time to be honest with your players and dump it. For something short term, like PFS, I say grit your teeth and finish it... Or explain that you are burned out, and ask another GM if they'd be willing to finish it. You don't want to cost people their one chance to play through a scenario.
I've been thinking of doing that and blaming life or something as a secondary stresser.
I think I may give it one more big update and see what they do. Maybe I can inject some actin into their paranoid behinds. If it doesn't work I'll drop it
For your Drow game, have you thought of just having trouble find them immediately in such a way as to tell the other players in your game that the leader was right?
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I could try. It would be difficult at the moment, but maybe soon. The problem, I've just recognized, is the openly critical player. He plays like he knows better than everyone, but refuses to take the helm. It's a bit weird. I've never faced anything like him.
And we're back! I'll try to catch up with all of you at my dinner break!
Hmm
so um... feedback on monolith? I know there were a few rough patches... but some overall feedback would be welcome.... thanks
Sorry that I'm so late to the party on this one. I've been fighting what has been diagnosed as bronchitis for the better part of two weeks, and my bandwidth was pretty low during that time.
Monolith is a hard one to judge because it is a lacklustre segment almost completely lacking in RP, the lifeblood of PbP. That said, you brought a little personality to the gollum-like figure, Uzziah, and you brought in some good personality into your tavern scene.
You already know about embedded spoilers now, so here are some other suggestions. If you do not have a speaking monster, build in body language and atmosphere. Give us smells and sound effects. Use a fast pace to make up for the lack of other story details. When you recap the PC actions, make them sound heroic. Use bold language.
I hope this helps!
Hmm
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GM Thinking Flesh, here are your issues!
Oh, Wait... I already played this
Set-Up: You're halfway through the scenario.
Situation: A player announces, "Crap, I've already played this on another character three years ago. I just forgot."
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And because you asked for this:
Players compliment the GM too much on awesomeness
Set up: You've become a popular PbP GM, and your latest recruitment has more good applications than you could ever think about running a game for.
Situation: Another GM who hasn't applied yet PMs you right after you close recruitment with the note, "Save a spot for me at your game."
1) explain the rules and that his character is not, in fact, gone forever. It may take some work to get it back, but it's possible.
I figure that I better answer this quickly.
If a PC is going to come back from the dead, it has to be in the session that the PC died, or it is gone forever as far as PFS is concerned. As a GM, you cannot interfere in the player decision-making process of whether to support their fellow player or not.
Why are the other players refusing to contribute?
Many players refuse outright to contribute because they firmly believe that they're doing you no favors if you have to liquidate all your cash to come back. "Where will you be, without gear? Might as well start over." There are also players that refuse to contribute to a PC with low con who they felt was "built bad" or to a PC that they thought was a jerk and deserved it. If one of these biases is going on, that PC is going to stay dead...
However, if everyone feels rotten about what just happened, read on:
Go back in time
As a GM... Did you miss anything? A key buff? Did you make a mistake that made the monsters slightly more powerful than they should have been? I double and triple check when bad things happen. If you find a problem, retcon if you can.
Do the Math
What does the character have for equipment? Do the math and figure things out, along with how much it would take to bring characters back from the dead if all the players contributed. Don't push the players, just state the facts.
If all else fails, do a Kickass Wake
Console the player. Many of Choon's suggestions for future characters are great. Also, offer an in game wake to make the player feel their character was loved and will be missed.
Hmm - thanks for your input on the Monolith segment... all comments so far have been helpful, yours included, and I will take all to heart next time I run a pbp! (or face to face for that matter).
No comments on my replies to the GM scenarios?
No comments on my replies to the GM scenarios?
Not yet! I am still working on giving everyone their questions, plus I want to give others a chance to give feedback.
I just wanted to catch the "Bring back to life" question early, because it is a common misconception that you can eventually bring a PC back once you've raised the money to do so.
In PFS, you have a very narrow window of opportunity.
ah ok... np
Lurker....
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King of Anything, here are your issues:
Alas, Poor Yorick... We Barely Statted You
Setup: The players are interacting with an important NPC with a name, but no stats
Situation: The players get belligerent, and attack the NPC!
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Player Loopy and Acting Off ('Cause you asked for this!)
Setup: You're in the middle of your game.
Situation: One of your players, usually a really focused personality, is suddenly no longer tracking your game. Their posts don't quite make sense, and are coming in much slower than expected. They're missing things that they used to catch.
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Set-Up: You're halfway through the scenario.
Situation: A player announces, "Crap, I've already played this on another character three years ago. I just forgot."
Rough one. First, if it's a Tier 1 adventure then you can replay it with a new character. Assuming that's not the case, I would privately message the player to tell them that as GM I am unable to grant them a Chronicle for completing it, but they are welcome to continue for the enjoyment as long as they don't meta-game with prior knowledge.
Without him, you no longer have a legal table.
If he's willing to abide by the agreement suggested, I think we're okay. If he's unwilling or unable to abide (say, for example, by spoiling secrets or by obvious metagaming) then I would have no choice but to boot him from the game and notify the players of the situation. Depending on how far we are into the adventure, either a fresh recruitment is in order or an end to the adventure. I'd hit up a VL or VC for advice before ending the adventure, as that's pretty much the nuclear option.
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Set up: You've become a popular PbP GM, and your latest recruitment has more good applications than you could ever think about running a game for.
Situation: Another GM who hasn't applied yet PMs you right after you close recruitment with the note, "Save a spot for me at your game."
This one is (deceptively?) easy. GM or no, recruitment is closed and players have been notified. I would PM the GM as nicely as I could to say "no, but I'll save a spot for you in my next adventure or the next time I run this adventure".
You are applying for a spot in his game, and you really want to get in.
Hopefully I'm reasonable and nice enough in my message that GM Otherguy won't hold a grudge. But if he does, it's only one adventure. I've missed many, and will miss many more. My responsibility to the players I've chosen wins over my need to be a part of someone else's adventure.
Still at work for awhile longer but here be some rolls:
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Andreww, here are your issues:
I'm Ba-a-a-a-ack!
Setup: It is the middle of Act 2. A player disappeared right after the briefing, so another player took his spot.
Situation: The missing player shows up and just starts posting. Then disappears again. Then, posts again, a week later. Mr. Random does not seem to be aware of your discussion thread when your players start discussing this.
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New Friends!
Setup: The players are exploring a village market
Situation: You've breathed some life into your world, making the stalls non-generic, giving a bit of personality to the NPCs. The
players become really interested in the group of NPCs you just named, to the point of ignoring the plot of your scenario.
Set-Up: You're halfway through the scenario.
Situation: A player announces, "Crap, I've already played this on another character three years ago. I just forgot."
Rough one. First, if it's a Tier 1 adventure then you can replay it with a new character. Assuming that's not the case, I would privately message the player to tell them that as GM I am unable to grant them a Chronicle for completing it, but they are welcome to continue for the enjoyment as long as they don't meta-game with prior knowledge.
Without him, you no longer have a legal table.If he's willing to abide by the agreement suggested, I think we're okay. If he's unwilling or unable to abide (say, for example, by spoiling secrets or by obvious metagaming) then I would have no choice but to boot him from the game and notify the players of the situation. Depending on how far we are into the adventure, either a fresh recruitment is in order or an end to the adventure. I'd hit up a VL or VC for advice before ending the adventure, as that's pretty much the nuclear option.
I actually ran into this one my first time running VTT! Fun fact, your complication makes it easier to deal with. One of the very few times you are allowed to replay a scenario is when it is necessary to make a legal table. They leave with an empty chronicle (no boons, gold, or XP, just expenses), but everyone can still play.
Ah, good to know. So assuming you're 3/4ths through and recruiting is not an option for whatever reason, would you push on through with an incomplete table or just call it?
Re-Pete, here are your issues:
Message for you, Sir!
Setup: The players are talking to a messenger that secretly knows the next location in the scenario.
Situation: The players kill the messenger.
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This is Gonna Sting...
Setup: One ranger is in the middle of a pack of ghouls, and it’s likely he will get torn apart during the next turn.
Situation: Without discussing his actions, the wizard (who never moves his own character, and whom you suspect never looks at the map) fireballs the pack - including the ranger.
Oh, yay! You're starting to discuss these amongst yourselves like I hoped!
Ah, good to know. So assuming you're 3/4ths through and recruiting is not an option for whatever reason, would you push on through with an incomplete table or just call it?
That's a tough one. It's too late to give a replacement character a full chronicle. I'd ask in Flaxseed for someone willing to replay for no credit, frankly.
Lady Ladile, here are your issues:
You want me to do WHAT?
Setup: You're past the first combat. The mission has finally become clear, and it's morally murky or otherwise problematic.
Situation: Instead of rolling with it or trying to find a loophole, a player voices his displeasure with the mission, and says it is against his PC's character to do the mission. He refuses.
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Give me a Tiara!
Setup: The party is about to negotiate for safe passage
Situation: One of the PCs dominates social interactions, overruling other characters on their decisions and is openly critical of any idea that is not her own.
I am going camping this weekend, and we have plenty of situations to discuss right here. Those who have issues, answer them! Everyone else... Please hold your rolls until Monday, when we can start this game again!
Meanwhile, let's give feedback on some of the answers that have already been given. Would you have handled them differently, or done much the same?
Discuss!
oh my... how would -I- handle these situations?
I think you handled the Low Level Play is Boring! issue smoothly.
So... let's look at What's the Mission Again?
This one is tougher, as it's not easy to get folks on track if they don't 'get it' even after restating the mission to them, or referring them to initial scenario documents. I'd try to do it in an 'organic' sort of way, by having an npc restate it for them in a different way, or maybe a note from their vc who sent them on the mission in the first place... maybe they need a sort of sideways push to get back in the groove?
If worst comes to worst, and only as a final resort, I would tell them ooc in the discussion board what they need to do next. but that would only be a desperation move, when all else has failed, I think.
Getting people back on track can be tough.
Here are some of the things that I've done:
1) Player Handouts
- Put the information on your slides!
- Better yet, have players participate in the note-taking process if you can from the very start by telling them that this is a scenario that demands attention, and giving them a place to take notes.
2) Offer an intelligence or wisdom check with a reminder behind a spoiler!
3) Provide hints and reminders with links back!
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What have the rest of you tried? I think this one happens to all of us from time to time.
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Re-Pete, here are your issues:
Message for you, Sir!
Setup: The players are talking to a messenger that secretly knows the next location in the scenario.
Situation: The players kill the messenger.
Complication:They also kill or destroy the replacement messenger.
1) Try a Knowledge or Wisdom check to try and hint at where they should be going.
2) Try to use an NPC they've previously encountered (without hostility) that may have reasonably gained the information
3) If no other option, and it's not against the theme of the adventure, give them assistance ooc. However, if it is against the theme of the scenario and other options don't work, they may be forced to fail.
This is Gonna Sting...Setup: One ranger is in the middle of a pack of ghouls, and it’s likely he will get torn apart during the next turn.
Situation: Without discussing his actions, the wizard (who never moves his own character, and whom you suspect never looks at the map) fireballs the pack - including the ranger.
Complication:The ranger is actually unconscious and was at negative hit points when this began.
1) Make sure the caster is aware of the map layout. i.e. "You really want to do that with ranger laying there?". If not, allow him to redact and try to use the opportunity to reinforce the purpose of using the map.
2) Suggest caster 'readies' his action for when the ranger is no longer in the target area.
3) For Society, confirm his reasoning isn't malicious towards the ranger. If I feel his intent is to simply kill the ranger, forbid the action as intentional PvP violence.
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King of Anything, here are your issues:
Alas, Poor Yorick... We Barely Statted You
Setup: The players are interacting with an important NPC with a name, but no stats
Situation: The players get belligerent, and attack the NPC!
Complication: That NPC should be much stronger than the PCs are. Maybe it's a high level wizard or a creature with multiple attacks. How do you stat it up fairly when this fight was never planned for in the scenario?
Break out the trusty NPC Codex! I'm partial to pig farmers myself. Start by trying to run away, then try talking them down.
If they're a commoner and I need them to survive, I'll have the first hit from a PC knock 'em out, and pointedly start rolling stabilization checks.
If they need to live and be powerful or intimidating, I'll pull out some big guns. Give them a warning lightning bolt, call for twenty guards, and taunt the party about controlling their attack dog. Anything to make clear that is a fight the PCs do not want and will not win.
Player Loopy and Acting Off ('Cause you asked for this!)Setup: You're in the middle of your game.
Situation: One of your players, usually a really focused personality, is suddenly no longer tracking your game. Their posts don't quite make sense, and are coming in much slower than expected. They're missing things that they used to catch.
Complication: It's a Venture Officer / high-powered GM / person who should normally be able track better that you don't want to offend, and they're acting very defensive about their loopiness.
Private Messages are great for a quick check-in. I may need to post a little slower or make sure to spell out implications and give their character specific things they know or should respond to. Basically, make things easier to follow for them.
If they are being defensive, I can still structure my posts to make it easier for the player. I may need to rely on the other players to pick up on plot points and explain things a few times.
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You want me to do WHAT?
Setup: You're past the first combat. The mission has finally become clear, and it's morally murky or otherwise problematic.
Situation: Instead of rolling with it or trying to find a loophole, a player voices his displeasure with the mission, and says it is against his PC's character to do the mission. He refuses.
Complication 1:
The rest of his team are angry at him for being a killjoy when they finally get a mission where they get to be Murder Hoboes.Complication 2:
The player thinks it is unfair to make him choose between roleplaying and Prestige Points. He wants you to give him a solution to the problem that will make him happy.
Oof...this is a tough one. Since we're already past the first combat, allowing the reluctant player to switch to a different PC or a pregen is a no-go. If the reluctant PC flat-out refuses to try and work with the rest of the team to try and find a loophole or some other method that would allow them to participate in the mission with a relatively clean conscience, then I don't think I'd have any other choice but to offer the player a partial chronicle for the one part of the scenario they'd participated in - it's not fair to the rest of the team to allow one player to dictate the direction of the game. However, I would also gently remind the rest of the group that piling on or pressuring someone OOC to play their character in a way that they aren't comfortable with isn't appropriate behavior. Sadly, this seems like a situation where it's just not possible to make everyone happy.
It's hard to head this sort of thing off at the pass in cases where the mission objective isn't immediately clear, but some ideas for reducing the likelihood that this sort of conflict would occur:
(1) Encourage the players to discuss what PCs they're wanting to bring to the table and share a little about how they tend to operate. If most of the party wants to bring their death vagrants then it might be wise for whoever else to either bring a character with a similar outlook or to try and find another table if they find that style of play not to their tastes. This can hopefully also head off at least some of the ye olde 'necromancer vs. paladin' situations before they start.
(2) Encourage players to read the scenario blurb/description. I know some pull a bait and switch but most of them seem to give a general idea of what sort of scenario it'll be and what sorts of characters might be best-suited for it.
Give me a Tiara!
Setup: The party is about to negotiate for safe passage.
Situation: One of the PCs dominates social interactions, overruling other characters on their decisions and is openly critical of any idea that is not her own.
Complication:
The PC who is talking the most also has the worst social skill bonuses.
This one is a bit easier. I'd likely pull the offending player aside and gently remind them that they're playing as part of a team and so they need to allow their teammates chances to speak/shine and to voice their own suggestions. Trying to discern player intent here would be important to me. Maybe the offending player is just trying to RP a well-meaning but headstrong loudmouth that speaks before they really think and is genuinely unaware that they might be negatively impacting the fun of the other players. I'd encourage them that they can still play their character but that they might just need to dial it back a bit. Don't object every time another PC offers advice that their PC would disagree with, just have them grumble a little about it every once in awhile, like, "Well, I think my idea would probably work better but okay, let's try it your way first." Suggest that instead of trying to direct all the conversations to let some of the more diplomatic characters speak up first but then chime in with their own input if they see the need (Aid Another).
Also, if said offending player seems to really enjoy the social aspects of scenarios but wants to do them well then I might suggest they take a look at PC classes that tend to excel at that sort of thing, for a future character.
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Hopefully all of that makes sense; it's like 2 am and I'm staying up in preparation to work tomorrow/Friday night!
Wow. Some great answers here! Although I won't be around this weekend, I'm renabling rolling for questions so that I can give out questions again when I get back.
Meanwhile, discussion is open. Did someone else get a really rough question and handle it well? Have you had some of these problems before? Is there anything you might add or change? Everyone has different styles and many of these are murky with no clear answer. Feel free to discuss matters amongst yourselves!
Hmm
PS Although I have been taking some of the questions off of Pirate Rob's cards, I've also been making some up to fit PbP issues. I hope you've found them interesting so far. See you Sunday!
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::Painlord blips in from his Demiplane of Pain::
"Am I too late? Can I opine upon things real and unreal?" Painlord looks around the wretched menagerie of scum and villainy...and GM Hmm. Painlord scratches the back of his neck as he looks around, several small bugs skitter to and fro to avoid his fingers.
"You know, I've been lurking on this thread for a while, thought I might come down and unlurk, you know, GM Hmm? And here I am, The Unlurked." Painlord flashes a smiles that is more yellow than white.
"As some of you know, I'm a big fan of PbP and encouraging good PbP play. I know I don't know everything and everything might be wrong, but I do like talking about it...it's kind of my thing. Ayep, I'm pretty good at awkward, you know?" Painlord stretches out and gets comfortable, summoning a flumph-skin settee from aether.
Painlord waves to GM Ladile, then to Chris Marsh, and then to andreww, then GM JAFO. Ayep. Lots of villainy in here. Faces that I recognize.
Painlord eases back into his settee, his hand feeling the soft texture of the flumph. He ponders his own questions and what he might ask next.