Rae ArdGaoth
Explorer
Much of this has already been discussed in the Gen. Disc. thread, but I'll repeat the important bits here.
In order to make Living ENWorld more cohesive and consistent, I propose offering DM credits to anybody willing to compile all the information in an adventure into a brief. The summary should include:
# geographic information presented
# information about NPCs
# organizations
# a brief outline of events
At first I proposed only a few DM credits per summary (I was thinking only one, actually), but B4cchus and Rystil suggested rewards based on the quality of the summary. Boddynock suggests this reward table:
Boddynock comments on his reward system:
Personally, I still think 7 credits is way, way too much. The story compiler shouldn't be getting too much out of this, it's just kind of a little "Thanks for doing us a favor, mate!" rather than a "Thank you for your service, now here are your wages." My real beef with it, though, is that it takes the DM months of dedication and planning, and he only gets 10 credits, while the compiler spends a few hours at most and receives almost as much, if not more (if the adventure is particularly loaded).
So I'm thinking a flat 1, 2, or 3 DM credits per summary.
In order to make Living ENWorld more cohesive and consistent, I propose offering DM credits to anybody willing to compile all the information in an adventure into a brief. The summary should include:
# geographic information presented
# information about NPCs
# organizations
# a brief outline of events
At first I proposed only a few DM credits per summary (I was thinking only one, actually), but B4cchus and Rystil suggested rewards based on the quality of the summary. Boddynock suggests this reward table:
Code:
[b]Per adventure DM Credits[/b]
150 posts 1
Fully detailed NPC 1
Fully detailed location 2
Fully detailed institution* 3
*e.g. thieves’ guild, wizards’ school, government, culture
Boddynock comments on his reward system:
Boddynock said:Hmm, I've just looked at "Strange Case of Aif Jenkins Farm", which just finished. Using my suggested formula of 1 credit per 50 posts, I would receive a minimum of 17 credits for summarizing the adventure - but Manzanita only received 10 credits for running it. Well, that's right out of whack, so let's rethink.
If it were 1 credit per 100 posts, then that would be 8 credits (possibly more) for summarizing it. I still think that's a bit generous (it seems to me that there's more work to be done in running the adventure than in summarizing it), so what about 1 credit per 150 posts? That would give a minimum of 5 credits for the summary (which is half of what Manz received). I know that there's at least one NPC & institution in there, so that'd be another 1 or 2 points. Hmm, that's more like it, IMHO.
'Nock
Personally, I still think 7 credits is way, way too much. The story compiler shouldn't be getting too much out of this, it's just kind of a little "Thanks for doing us a favor, mate!" rather than a "Thank you for your service, now here are your wages." My real beef with it, though, is that it takes the DM months of dedication and planning, and he only gets 10 credits, while the compiler spends a few hours at most and receives almost as much, if not more (if the adventure is particularly loaded).
So I'm thinking a flat 1, 2, or 3 DM credits per summary.