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<blockquote data-quote="DWARF" data-source="post: 889230" data-attributes="member: 863"><p>I think half the problem is that the group I was with seemed more interested in "beating the module" and getting the most Xp. Yeah, we ended up getting more Xp because we took the shortcut. That's the problem I have with LG though. Most of the experience is based off of "beating" things. </p><p></p><p>If you're in the forest and you see a venomous snake, do you run up and go all "crocodile hunter" with it? Poke it with a stick and pick it up? No way!</p><p>But the Xp system as it is assumes that you should get rewarded for playing with the snake, because you learned something; while the person that avoids the whole encounter learns nothing.</p><p></p><p>But the modules tend to keep you fairly poor, and fairly lacking in Xp, so when we do play the module every 2 months or so, everyone's looking at it like, "What do we do to milk this thing for Xp and treasure?!" While my attempts at actual roleplaying (like my cleric of wee jas not accepting the stinky barge captain yelling in his face because he doesn't "pole a ship well") are looked upon as stupid actons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DWARF, post: 889230, member: 863"] I think half the problem is that the group I was with seemed more interested in "beating the module" and getting the most Xp. Yeah, we ended up getting more Xp because we took the shortcut. That's the problem I have with LG though. Most of the experience is based off of "beating" things. If you're in the forest and you see a venomous snake, do you run up and go all "crocodile hunter" with it? Poke it with a stick and pick it up? No way! But the Xp system as it is assumes that you should get rewarded for playing with the snake, because you learned something; while the person that avoids the whole encounter learns nothing. But the modules tend to keep you fairly poor, and fairly lacking in Xp, so when we do play the module every 2 months or so, everyone's looking at it like, "What do we do to milk this thing for Xp and treasure?!" While my attempts at actual roleplaying (like my cleric of wee jas not accepting the stinky barge captain yelling in his face because he doesn't "pole a ship well") are looked upon as stupid actons. [/QUOTE]
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