Questions tagged [spotlight]
For questions about the time individual and groups of players have the focus of the game on their characters and actions, or are “in the spotlight”. This tag covers spotlight management, spotlight problems (such as “spotlight hogging”), and all issues about spotlight time during play.
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Is it possible to run a combat tournament without players feeling left out?
One classic trope of shonen anime is the tournament arc. Characters get to show off their individual skills and personalities, you get the opportunity to introduce and spotlight lots of interesting ...
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How can I give my players more short rests without breaking immersion?
While there are a lot of questions concerning how to give players fewer resources (usually by reducing the frequency of rests), this question is the inverse: I've had issues at my table with the ...
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Player Conflict [closed]
I am new to D&D and still learning the game. My bf is the DM. I was playing with 2 other characters who are very experienced.
In general terms, I wanted to talk to a book that was scried, but this ...
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How to approach your DM about an issue?
I'll preface this with a bit of detail about our game. It's all online (thanks, pandemic). We use Discord voice, D&D Beyond, and Roll20. It has been a nice distraction so far. This was my first ...
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How can I handle a PC wanting to be a "twist" villain?
My group has been following a premade campaign that has a decentralized plot structure that relies mainly on adventurers "finding their own adventure". This means that while the campaign ...
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Ways to run net runners that doesn’t monopolize time?
We have started a cyberpunk red game, and one of our party is a net runner. However, we have found the game slows down while he is doing his thing. It doesn’t seem to be the players or GM's fault; it ...
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As a player, how can I avoid stifling new players but also avoid letting things stall?
I have just started a Cyberpunk campaign. 2 of us are experienced RPG-ers, 1 hasn’t played in about 10 years and the other 2 are complete newbies. The GM is not new to RPGs, but is new to Cyberpunk, ...
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How to deal with Mary Sue NPCs
This question is a bit different than the one here, because the NPC is not a jerk. In fact, they're actually quite nice. However, this is not the first time the GM has done this.
In our game, we have ...
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How to deal with a GM who favors other players
I have seen plenty of GMs write about how to deal with problem players, and I suppose I should ask about a GM who favors some players over others.
It's only natural if you have a more rich backstory ...
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As a DM, how can I ensure that everyone feels involved when only a single player is driving the story?
I've ran into a bit of a dilemma with a 5e campaign that's soon coming to a close. It's been running for about a year, and one of the primary goals that I had when I started the campaign was to focus ...
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How to manage sharing the spotlight outside of combat in a fun way?
I noticed something as a game master of one ongoing game and a player in another. In both games, whenever a decision had to be made outside of combat, the most high energy players were blurting out ...
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Handling a player (unintentionally) stealing the spotlight
Quite recently, I replaced a friend as DM for a D&D game.
During that game, I came across something I did not expect: One of the players was just too good.
When I am saying "too good" I am not ...
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Playing a Character as Unobtrusive and Subservient, Yet Not Passive
In one of the campaigns I'm in, I'm playing an AI/robot that belongs to another PC, and acts as an automated assistant. The other players and GM seem to like the drone's spotlight moments (in the '...
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Jurassic Spark kids game needs to distribute fun more evenly [closed]
I recently made up an outdoor kids adventure game that is really fun for most, but could use help with making the game more fun for ALL the kids.
I conducted an anonymous survey afterwards and some ...
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How can I prevent one character from leaving the group to do his own thing?
I have recently made a rather epic story for my players to play though. (In the sense of a long overarching story). I have been running for a few sessions but a particular player is constantly trying ...
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