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<blockquote data-quote="Rae ArdGaoth" data-source="post: 3803418" data-attributes="member: 21064"><p>Hmm... I think agree with Trouvere on the DM credits for summaries thing. I think we may have blown this way out of proportion. (Think of all the adventures we could have compiled instead of arguing over the formula to use to reward that very act!) My main goal with offering some kind of a reward was, as I said at the beginning, a tiny thank-you, not payment for services administered.</p><p></p><p>My real, true goal is actually to get summarizing adventures to be standard operating procedure. Giving it a reward, no matter how small, puts it in the official rules, and everybody will say "Hey, that's what you're supposed to do, so I'll do it." LEW will become so much more accessible, and more <em>alive</em>, if all this information floating around out there is put in one spot. The general consensus, though, was that we can't ask DM's to do any more than they already are without some kind of compensation.</p><p></p><p>Then we got sidetracked into making that compensation fair. ATfL keeps coming up as an example, but I imagine that ATfL is very unique and probably contains way more information than most other adventures. If Rystil doesn't feel like doing it, I'm sure <em>somebody</em> will. Maybe I will, just to get rid of an exception! </p><p></p><p>Anyway, what all this boils down to is this: I started this proposal with the intention of granting 1, maybe 2 DM credits for a summary, mostly just to get something put in the official rules about summarizing adventures. Then we started talking about fairness and proper recompense, and I lost sight of that initial goal.</p><p></p><p>So let me propose this simplest of formulas, and see what kind of reaction I get:</p><p></p><p>------------------------</p><p></p><p>I propose an addendum to <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=89385" target="_blank">The Guide to Living ENWorld</a> rules. This will be added to the Dungeon Masters section, after this paragraph:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Proposed Addendum:</strong></p><p></p><p>After the final rewards have been distributed and the PCs have left the adventure, a summary of the adventure should be written and posted to the adventure thread, to allow other DMs and players access to the information. The summary should include:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The events that occurred.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The people, places, and organizations introduced during the adventure.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any new information about existing people, places, or organizations.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unresolved issues or loose threads left at the end of the adventure.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">(Optional) A flavorful retelling of the adventure, in the words of <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=83098" target="_blank">Volidar the Bard</a>.</li> </ul><p></p><p>The summary should be posted to the adventure thread and put on the <a href="http://bluwiki.com/go/Lew" target="_blank">Wiki</a> in the <a href="http://bluwiki.com/go/Living_ENWorld:History" target="_blank">Recent History</a> section. The retelling by Volidar (if it is written) should be posted in Volidar's <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=83098" target="_blank">thread</a>.</p><p></p><p>The DM who ran the adventure has one month after it ends to write the summary. After one month, anybody may write the summary. The person who writes the summary will receive 1 DM credit for doing so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rae ArdGaoth, post: 3803418, member: 21064"] Hmm... I think agree with Trouvere on the DM credits for summaries thing. I think we may have blown this way out of proportion. (Think of all the adventures we could have compiled instead of arguing over the formula to use to reward that very act!) My main goal with offering some kind of a reward was, as I said at the beginning, a tiny thank-you, not payment for services administered. My real, true goal is actually to get summarizing adventures to be standard operating procedure. Giving it a reward, no matter how small, puts it in the official rules, and everybody will say "Hey, that's what you're supposed to do, so I'll do it." LEW will become so much more accessible, and more [i]alive[/i], if all this information floating around out there is put in one spot. The general consensus, though, was that we can't ask DM's to do any more than they already are without some kind of compensation. Then we got sidetracked into making that compensation fair. ATfL keeps coming up as an example, but I imagine that ATfL is very unique and probably contains way more information than most other adventures. If Rystil doesn't feel like doing it, I'm sure [i]somebody[/i] will. Maybe I will, just to get rid of an exception! Anyway, what all this boils down to is this: I started this proposal with the intention of granting 1, maybe 2 DM credits for a summary, mostly just to get something put in the official rules about summarizing adventures. Then we started talking about fairness and proper recompense, and I lost sight of that initial goal. So let me propose this simplest of formulas, and see what kind of reaction I get: ------------------------ I propose an addendum to [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=89385]The Guide to Living ENWorld[/url] rules. This will be added to the Dungeon Masters section, after this paragraph: [b]Proposed Addendum:[/b] After the final rewards have been distributed and the PCs have left the adventure, a summary of the adventure should be written and posted to the adventure thread, to allow other DMs and players access to the information. The summary should include: [list]The events that occurred. [*]The people, places, and organizations introduced during the adventure. [*]Any new information about existing people, places, or organizations. [*]Unresolved issues or loose threads left at the end of the adventure. [*](Optional) A flavorful retelling of the adventure, in the words of [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=83098]Volidar the Bard[/url].[/list] The summary should be posted to the adventure thread and put on the [url=http://bluwiki.com/go/Lew]Wiki[/url] in the [url=http://bluwiki.com/go/Living_ENWorld:History]Recent History[/url] section. The retelling by Volidar (if it is written) should be posted in Volidar's [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=83098]thread[/url]. The DM who ran the adventure has one month after it ends to write the summary. After one month, anybody may write the summary. The person who writes the summary will receive 1 DM credit for doing so. [/QUOTE]
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