New Posts For Thread: A Question for All Dungeon Mastershttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29639887/A_Question_for_All_Dungeon_MastersQuestion: How do you get your disruptive player to calm down?In order:1) They might be bored: so I'll make the game move faster2) They might be frustrated: I'll allow them to do whatever they wish (they generally quit resisting once realize there's no leash). This can also allow peer pressure to handle the sithttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29639887/A_Question_for_All_Dungeon_Masters?post_id=528484409#528484409In order:1) They might be bored: so I'll make the game move faster2) They might be frustrated: I'll allow them to do whatever they wish (they generally quit resisting once realize there's no leash). This can also allow peer pressure to handle the sitFri, 25 Jan 2013 14:46:37 -0600I would posit that preferences are often due more to personality than past D&D experience. Expectations are a different matter, but those are more easily altered than preferences.But I completely agree that you're better off trying to find players wihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29639887/A_Question_for_All_Dungeon_Masters?post_id=528483357#528483357I would posit that preferences are often due more to personality than past D&D experience. Expectations are a different matter, but those are more easily altered than preferences.But I completely agree that you're better off trying to find players wiFri, 25 Jan 2013 14:12:13 -0600Frankly, I just don't game with them. I've gone through banging my head against a wall with a group that doesn't or only partially meshes with my preferred style. In the end, people will just game how they game. New players are different; they canhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29639887/A_Question_for_All_Dungeon_Masters?post_id=528462843#528462843Frankly, I just don't game with them. I've gone through banging my head against a wall with a group that doesn't or only partially meshes with my preferred style. In the end, people will just game how they game. New players are different; they canThu, 24 Jan 2013 21:16:51 -0600In order:1) They might be bored: so I'll make the game move faster2) They might be frustrated: I'll allow them to do whatever they wish (they generally quit resisting once realize there's no leash). This can also allow peer pressure to handle the sithttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29639887/A_Question_for_All_Dungeon_Masters?post_id=528459273#528459273In order:1) They might be bored: so I'll make the game move faster2) They might be frustrated: I'll allow them to do whatever they wish (they generally quit resisting once realize there's no leash). This can also allow peer pressure to handle the sitThu, 24 Jan 2013 17:44:22 -0600Sure they do. If you approach them out-of-game and they can't or won't agree to change, then off they go. Two or more adults have decided that it's not a fit and part company. Problem is solved, as I said, one way or another.Of course, this does assuhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29639887/A_Question_for_All_Dungeon_Masters?post_id=528450015#528450015Sure they do. If you approach them out-of-game and they can't or won't agree to change, then off they go. Two or more adults have decided that it's not a fit and part company. Problem is solved, as I said, one way or another.Of course, this does assuThu, 24 Jan 2013 13:01:15 -0600