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Me too, it’s a great expression

Thanks!  It was pretty neat.  That shot panning over the city was seriously intense!  All the buildings were modeled individually, and all of the characters and vehicles were animated too!  

I love your oc’s (Original Crabs) the best tbh

I found a show called Thugaboo with that plot! It’s apparently two separate specials but likely aired together, the first one has them selling shoes, the second one is the Christmas one

ohhhhh my god

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THIS IS A LOT...

(2) but it was pretty fun either way! One issue though is that they had a bit of trouble getting into character, since you seem like a pretty great DM do you have any tips for how I could help them get into it? And maybe any DM tips you have in general if it's not any trouble

aw man first off, kudos to you for doing something so impromptu! DMing is hard when you don’t have at least a little time to get things ready, haha. but, doing things on the fly can force you to be pretty creative too, hehe

umm as far helping to encourage roleplay, first I’ll say that it’s gonna take a bit of time for the players to REALLY start to get a feeling for their characters. when you start off with a new character, even if you have personality traits and backstories n stuff for them, they’re still gonna feel kinda flat. especially if you don’t have experience creating/writing/RPing with original characters, it can be hard to know how to develop one! it’ll come with time though! 

what I like to do is allow for small character moments in-between events. so, like, don’t have your campaign always move super swiftly from one point to another.

you: yall beat the goblin, then head down the ravine, do you look around the corner?

player: i look around the corner

you: blah blah explaining more, setting up a battle or something, etc. 

instead, after you say, beat the goblin, ask the characters “what do you want to do now?” or maybe even something more specific but interesting like “do any of you search the goblin?” and see who bites. people who are trying to play more mischievous or even neutral/evil leaning characters will probably like the chance to demonstrate that by looting the corpse. maybe those who are trying to roleplay someone more independent or bossy or leadership-oriented will take the chance to talk about what they know and begin working on a plan for later on... 

another thing would be to let small moments play out, like, if someone makes a joke and the rest of the party starts running with it. stuff like that can definitely go on for a little longer than you hope, but if they’re having fun, that’s the most important thing! and especially if they’re doing it in-character, or having some of it happen in-character, it’s a great way for them to start exploring things like team dynamic and their character’s sense of humor and whatnot. 

also, of course, encouraging character voices helps, if only bc it makes the difference between in-character and ooc chatter more distinctive. they don’t have to be awesome voices - just different enough so they can slide into it when they want/need to. 

oh! and you can always use Inspiration Points as a way to encourage thoughtful, in-character behavior! Like of someone does something that wasn’t entirely suited for a plan, or maybe even more dangerous than another option, but it was definitely something their character would go for (stealing something, taking on a tough-looking enemy head on rather than use stealth, etc...)