Something I’ve been trying to do: Ask questions of my players now that the end of RedHandOfDoom is approaching. Here’s from Answer me these questions three by somebody without an obvious About page:
Answer me these questions three
1. Who are you? (One player wrote some background for his character. It was hilarious and explained all his personality quirks.)
2. What do you want? Using the “three core beliefs” form might yield better results than just asking the question itself. I’ll have to think about it. I like the examples he gives.
3. Who do you know? List three people you know, good or bad. I did something similar in my ShackledCity campaign on character creation. I asked all characters to give me a reason for knowing two other characters in the party, and for providing me with somebody else that might be interested in helping them, searching for them, and raising them if necessary. I think this gave the party a bit more cohesion than it would otherwise have had, and gives me at few NPCs to work with.
Flathead has also posted his questionaire on EN World. ¹
The first few questions are simple ratings from one to five:
1. The amount of verbal descriptions of places, monsters, etc.
2. The amount of combat
3. Thinking, problem solving
4. Number of role playing opportunities
5. Number of life and death situations
6. Use of miniatures
7. Mood, setting
8. Treasure and magic items
The rest require more time to answer:
1. Do you feel that you are adventuring in a living and dynamic world?
2. Do you feel challenged as an advanced player or do you feel that things are too easy?
3. Do you feel that one character is favored too much?
4. What player do you think plays the best as far as role-playing and overall playing?
5. Which aspect of game play do you enjoy the most?
6. Do you feel that I use any game rules that are useless, not needed, or should not be played with?
7. Am I too lenient in dealing with character screwups?
8. Do I cause the game to move too slowly?
9. Do you feel that your character has the opportunity to be played to his fullest potential?
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