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→-James Wyatt, from
Dungeon Master 4th Edition for Dummies

→You might also have the dragon talk before attacking, giving the characters a chance to plead for their lives and the actor players a chance to shine.

→Actors in Kobold Hall
As written, Kobold Hall (in Chapter 11 of the Dungeon Master's Guide) offers few opportunities for interaction encounters in which actors thrive. However, you could roleplay the kobolds before and during the combat encounters-the kobolds in area 3, for example, could taunt the player characters and berate them for interrupting a skull-skull game.

→When the characters confront this villain, the tielling recognizes the daughter of the human he killed years ago and taunts her: "So you're Andrunn's brat? No better at swordplay than your father, I see." The actor might find that villain more satisfying to defeat than just another tiefling darkblade, and you didn't need to make a single change to the monster's statistics.

→Leverage Character Details: Make an effort to include characters, locations, and events from the actor player's character background in encounters, particularly in climactic fights against major villains. For example, if the actor PC's father died in a duel with a tiefling, you could choose that same murderous tiefling darkblade as the adventure's villain.

→You might let characters use Bluff, Diplomacy, or Intimidate checks to influence monster actions during combat. This tactic allows players to trick enemies into taking actions that benefit the characters. Characters might goad their foes into entering hazards, draw enemies into positions that give characters combat advantage, lure enemies away from a bloodied character, or convince a monster to attack the character who has the best defenses. Actor players might want to try these tactics; you must determine an appropriate skill check and assign a DC for the check.

→Monsters might gloat or curse during the ebb and flow of battle. Describe the monsters' attacks the way actors would describe their own actions, even when the monsters miss. Keep a list of taunts, curses, and dramatic descriptions on hand in case inspiration fails.

→Add Roleplaying Elements to Combat: From lowly kobolds to mighty dragons, the monsters the characters face in combat can come alive if you imbue them with personality. Challenges, taunts, and insults can be fun and particularly appropriate when a character marks a monster or vice versa.

→Provide Vivid NPCs: Quirks and mannerisms that bring NPCs to life (see page 186 of the Dungeon Master's Guide) give the actor ideas for interacting with the NPCs. With actors in your group, you can spend more time in the characters' home base with NPCs who offer the players adventure hooks or important clues, turning what might otherwise be a bland information dump into a lively interaction. In a straightforward dungeon crawl, detailed descriptions of key monster opponents can immerse the actor in the action.

→Encounter Types: Actors thrive in skill challenges of all sorts, and they especially flourish in challenges that involve interaction with NPCs. Combat doesn't necessarily leave the actor cold-vivid descriptions of powers and other actions in combat can engage the actor the same way dramatic interaction draws in other characters.

→Seating: The best seat for an actor is directly opposite you, perhaps at the far end of a table. With all the other players between you and the actor, the actor's dramatics won't close you off from the other players. A clear view of the actor's body language might make you feel more engaged in roleplaying, and the two of you can encourage the rest of the group to be more involved. An actor seated beside a shy player can help to draw that player out over several game sessions.

→One actor at your table can inspire the rest of your group to roleplay, bringing all the player characters to life. At their best, actors make the game feel like more than a game-something more akin to a fantasy novel or movie.

→The Actor

→These suggestions include seating arrangements, based on the idea that adjacent players influence one another. You might not want to assign seats to your group and might instead allow your players to choose their own seating arrangement. However, if you have trouble engaging the players in your group, review the seating suggestions and see if steering players to different seats helps.

→Different players have different motivations. Pages 8-10 of the Dungeon Master's Guide outline eight archetypal player motivations you might find at your game table. If you understand these motivations and know how to encourage your players, you can tailor the encounters in your adventures to better suit your players' tastes. The following pages suggest specific ways to make encounters appeal to your players, helping each player have more fun at every session.

→Player Motivations

→• The characters fail to prevent the ritual and must find a way to undo what the ritual accomplished.

→• Each round the characters spend in combat without stopping the ritual, more combatants join the fray-cultists hurry into the room from elsewhere in the temple complex, or demons spill up from the yawning chasm in the floor. The characters succeed in stopping the ritual but suffer significant losses during combat.

→• The characters stop the ritual in time and avert catastrophe.

→Possible Outcomes: To prevent this sort of encounter from dead-ending the adventure or your entire campaign, set it up so that either the characters have excellent odds of disrupting the ritual, or the ritual's completion doesn't have world-shattering consequences.