On The Shoulders Of Dwarves

Slaps and bennies are a type of external motivation. In that, they're less effective than playing on intrinsic motivation, but we’ll keep that one for the big motivation episode in the future. As the GM, they are tools that can help you encourage the players toward certain experiences, and away from certain other experiences. If we’re playing fast-paced action with “movie-rules”, award the player who jumps on the chandelier. If we’re in the middle of a horror scene and someone makes an inappropriate humorous action that threatens to ruin the mood, a slap can encourage them to stop that. ### Wisdom from Paranoia XP (2:15) Trust the Computer. [Paranoia XP](http://drivethrurpg.com/product/1937/Paranoia-Service-Pack-1?affiliate_id=29668). > Attend, Gamemaster, to this wisdom. If you reward players for doing something you like, they will do more of that. If you punish players for doing something you don’t like, they will do less of that. Truly, within these simple words lies Gamemaster enlightenment. > Enc