Comments on: Player Contributions http://www.rpggm.com/blog/2009/04/27/player-contributions/ No scenario survives contact with the PCs ... No system survives contact with the GM Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jade http://www.rpggm.com/blog/2009/04/27/player-contributions/#comment-10 Jade Wed, 20 May 2009 16:07:02 +0000 http://www.rpggm.com/blog/?p=28#comment-10 Thanks for the response. You make a good point about scaling the reward to fit the level. I've only recently started running DnD3.5 and none of the PCs are higher than 3rd level. Usually I'm running Cyberpunk, World of Darkness, Amber and such -- games with no actual level advancement. I'll definitely give your suggestion a try. Thanks for the response. You make a good point about scaling the reward to fit the level. I’ve only recently started running DnD3.5 and none of the PCs are higher than 3rd level. Usually I’m running Cyberpunk, World of Darkness, Amber and such — games with no actual level advancement. I’ll definitely give your suggestion a try.

]]> By: trashcondor http://www.rpggm.com/blog/2009/04/27/player-contributions/#comment-8 trashcondor Thu, 14 May 2009 18:57:58 +0000 http://www.rpggm.com/blog/?p=28#comment-8 We have similar bonuses occasionally in our play group; though something I wanted to say specifically towards the post you made: 100-200xp is significant at very low level, but once characters have achieved as little as level 5 the trickle of bonus xp is nice, but hardly falls into the scales. By level 10 and beyond it is practically insignificant. What about instead giving the players 20% bonus xp for the session instead? Or perhaps, to put it into DnD3.5 context, give a player xp as if they were one level lower than they actually are. I.e. a level 8 hero receives say 1000xp for a particular encounter, which a level 7 hero instead receives 1200xp for. We have similar bonuses occasionally in our play group; though something I wanted to say specifically towards the post you made:

100-200xp is significant at very low level, but once characters have achieved as little as level 5 the trickle of bonus xp is nice, but hardly falls into the scales. By level 10 and beyond it is practically insignificant.

What about instead giving the players 20% bonus xp for the session instead? Or perhaps, to put it into DnD3.5 context, give a player xp as if they were one level lower than they actually are. I.e. a level 8 hero receives say 1000xp for a particular encounter, which a level 7 hero instead receives 1200xp for.

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