10-17-2013, 04:32 AM | #41 |
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Re: What's your advice on how to hand out experience points?
When playing GURPS I will give a base two points to the whole party (or more if I'm feeling generous or it was the end of a major plot arc) plus one point for each bit of awesomeness that occurred: great bits of dialogue, playing a character trait well, cunning plans, jokes that got the whole table laughing. I will ask people to remind me of awesomenesses that I may have forgotten. It's my decision as GM but people should have input.
I have thought about the proposal to put all the points in one pool to be divided equally and then modifying it for good or bad roleplaying but that's just something that would lead to player-on-player bitterness. You can't control other people's idiocy except by driving them from the table and that's a point I don't want to get to too often. One of my players did say that he liked the rule from the BUFFY game that allowed the whole group to vote on who should get a bonus point for best contribution to the evening: what I called the Most Valued Player award. I might try to incorporate that into my next GURPS game.
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It worked really well. It helped remind me that so-and-so had covered my six when I had to do that risky move, or that I had done some amazing vehicle dodges during the getaway. I think it helps keep players involved when the spotlight is elsewhere. They are looking for where that point gift should go. arnej |
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The good Roleplay IMNSHO is the least useful measure to give out XP, at worst it punishes such Players who donīt Play along the tastes or expectations of the GM
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10-17-2013, 11:15 AM | #45 |
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Re: What's your advice on how to hand out experience points?
I awarded 5 points per adventure completed (not per session attended), and one time I bumped a player down by one point for being disruptive and trying to sidetrack the quest with stupid jokes and antagonism. He later went on a solo quest to retrieve the single character point.
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Regardless, if you show up. You get at least one point. Because I give my PCs plenty of character points to buy both abilities and be awesome in game play. So if someone hoards his points and doesn't try to stop the big bad from unleashing deadly animated lava lamps on the populous...well you get the idea. Before every campaign I tell the players exactly the kind of things I expect, they tell me if they don't like that/want it/etc., and then we go from there. This is more for intentional ball dropping rather than bad dice rolls. Again, it's a artifact of a earlier time when I did have antagonistic players or I was still recruiting from the outside. I rarely have new players anymore because really, seven is over my limit to begin with. As do gifted writers, computer programmers when I need something coded up, those with a head for numbers checking math, etc. One of out current artist's draws portraits for every PC and major NPC in my campaign, I'm going to reward that. Quote:
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10-17-2013, 12:13 PM | #48 |
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Re: What's your advice on how to hand out experience points?
Yup. Our style's totally incompatible. I'm going to bow out of this now before it gets too heated. Good luck to you with your gaming!
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10-17-2013, 07:01 PM | #49 |
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Re: What's your advice on how to hand out experience points?
Lots of great ways to do it in this thread. I may have to adopt some of them.
For the past few years I've given a base amount for each session, with another amount for completing a story-line (usually 3-8 sessions). How much depends on the genre. Then I allow the players to vote for "Most effective character" and "Best (usually funniest) line." Those points could easily bunch up. I keep track of them and if a character isn't getting "most effective" on occasion I know I have to mix up the story some to better to give them a chance at the spotlight. I've been really lucky that I've always had players who are really clever and funny so that point gets shuffled around the table pretty evenly. |
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