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Verad · **01-05-2017, 11:07 PM**

(01-02-2017, 02:53 PM)zaviire Wrote:

How do you go about getting people engaged, in general?

How do you go about getting people more involved with the story-based side of RP that you intended for a group from the beginning? Be it with planning stuff of their own or getting them involved with stuff that the leadership organizes?

How do you #StopTheSocials 2k17?

I provide this advice with the following caveats:

I engage people through a linkshell rather than an FC, so ensuring that all members are engaged is not 100% necessary.
I use a lotÂ of dice, so some of the advice I have would be "use an interesting dice system that lets people feel like their characters are contributing in unique ways and still allows for consequences." If your first reaction to the word "dice" was an urge to take my lunch money, you can disregard that.

Setting those aside, I tend to engage people by making multiple small events in which they can participate that gradually build up to a larger storyline. By "small," I mean groups of about 3 to 6, not including myself as DM. I try to avoid rescheduling these events when possible. People show up or don't. This has the benefit of ensuring that players show up based on when they can, not solely based on who they know will also be in the event, and pushes together people who would otherwise be unfamiliar with each other.

I also make sure there is some sort of tangible consequence for these events. Part of why I emphasize a system above is that this can be difficult to measure in freeform RP. If they screw an event up - and they should completely be able to do so - you will need to make it clear that action mattered and had some consequence on the FC that will then need to be resolved.

Outside of these events, I do not care what the characters do in their offtime. They can slice-of-life it up all they like. They can be involved in stuff completely unrelated to what I am doing. As far as I am concerned, if they are showing up to some events and participating, they are engaged enough.

Continuing to do all of the above has generally worked out for me.

Getting People Engaged.

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