Ember Moon shall collect the fruits of Asukas undefeated streak . <| sep |> Definitely consider your table dynamic , PvP is not for everyone . I avoid it pretty hard , so the idea that we ' re getting close to it seems powerful to me . As a GM , being able to narrate a character ' s actions offscreen has been a really powerful storytelling tool . I like to do flashbacks and start scenes in media res for dramatic effect , and my players enjoyed being able to get right to the good parts . This only works if your players trust you not to screw them over any time they lose control of their character . A table that is constantly anticipating betrayal from the GM is going to stop to argue , and then you ' re not really skipping to the good stuff . This might be a good opportunity to introduce the idea that the GM might skip boring bits that don ' t really advance the story . I ' d suggest getting to the logical end of a scene , like the ambush in my Walk in the park , letting everyone gather around the campfire and take a breather , then asking if everyone is ready to move on . Then start narrating the next scene Three days pass uneventfully . Point out one or two things characters did on the way , keeping it positive and rewarding their competency the scene with the paralysis berries might be worth a line or two here , but since we ' re telling them what happened in the past , after establishing that it was Uneventful , they should relax enough to let you drop some exposition on them without arguing . Move fast , set up the next scene , and hand control back to them so they can handle the interesting stuff . If anyone asks , tell them that you ' re only narrating if there wasn ' t any opportunity for them to improve or hurt their chances situations where they won without rolling . If you narrate anything they feel was out of character , apologize and immediately retcon it without arguing it ' s important to maintain that this is about moving the story along without hurting the PCs . Once they get used to the idea , they ' ll let you start a scene in the middle of a pitched battle where everything is going completely bonkers , and just shrug and roll with it . That ' s my favorite way to set up a James Bondstyle opening scene where we get to do really overthetop action and crazy stunts . We skipped right past the part where the plan would have been sanity checked and now we ' re chasing a truck stolen by a team of trained octopi while the team ' s ninja pilots a borrowed attack helicopter . How did we get here ? Not important ! D