Comments on: Reward Point System

By: Deez

Deez — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:47:18 +0000

Hey, I made it to another website. Infinitesimal fame, yes! From a tiny handful, I shall move up to a larger handful, to two handfuls, to two hands full (cupped so that the fame can be mounded to allow more than just the two hands separate), and so on. I can almost hear the ladies calling my name.
The one problem with an hourly reward is balance. There would have to be a cap on either the number one player can have or the amount that can be used at once. The players should not come to rely on them. I like them to be rare, powerful tools. Of course, it all depends on the group and how responsible they are.
I’m glad you like the idea. I suppose I can’t really take full credit for it, though. It was brought to my last group by a friend who brought it from his old group. To my knowledge though, it was my idea to redeem the points for in-game effect. I got the impression that they just used them for bragging right.

By: chattydm

chattydm — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:08:28 +0000

Make that 300 X party level/4 …. my bad.

Good luck guys and drop by chattydm.net if you have a few minutes ti spare.

By: Dave G

Dave G — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:09:27 +0000

That’s true.
I guess it will work out as long as you make sure it’s made to work with the PC’s levels.

By: chattydm

chattydm — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:05:05 +0000

If you always give 25% of a CR equivalent encounter per point, XP will scale with level (Roughly 300 X party Level / 16).

By: Koji

Koji — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:53:23 +0000

Interesting. The difficulty would be making the “point” matter enough (i.e. +1/-1 to die rolls) to make it interesting, but not so overpowering that it would unbalance the gameplay. The XP bonus concept by chattydm is actually quite good, although quickly descending into a point of dimishining returns with higher level i.e. Level 8+, although XP is XP I suppose. I suppose throwing an additional stipulation to the Action Points rule of “using 1 point at any given time” would be better to avoid hording.

By: Dave G

Dave G — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:03:41 +0000

Awesome, thanks for the comment and the note on your site! I’ll be sure to at dungeonmastering.com to the list of links here.

By: chattydm

chattydm — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:43:11 +0000

It’s a good idea and it moves one responsibility from the DM to the players.

If you wish to have a more structured list of things to be done with these MVP points, might I suggest the following (I assume you play a flavour of D&D):

Each point buys any of the things Action points (from the SRD) allow.

If you don’t wish to have players horde points from game to game and spend them all on a climatic battle, exchange points for XPs by the end of the evening. 1 point = 25% of the XPs of a CR equivalent encounter.

My 2 cents.

By: Dungeon Mastering » Rewarding players (follow up)

Dungeon Mastering » Rewarding players (follow up) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:31:21 +0000

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By: Dave G

Dave G — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:12:05 +0000

Um… you’re a player.

And we don’t really goof off, we just have fun. That’s what we’re there to do, isn’t it? You are correct in saying that they will do better in a sense. It will make them think more outside of the box with strategies and battle tactics.

By: Brian G.

Brian G. — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:35:16 +0000

This is a great idea! It will really motovate the players to do their best and not goof off!