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<blockquote data-quote="Scorpienne" data-source="post: 6820398" data-attributes="member: 39774"><p>On FB, Robert Adducci asked the question "What kind of metagame activities would you be interested in for the League? We're always looking for cool things to add to the campaign. We've recently been talking about additional uses for downtime."</p><p></p><p>This is the summary of what the Atlanta DDAL FB group thinks.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Houses, homes, castles, boats, ships, hirelings, servants, families, businesses, and building or crafting things. No in-game benefit except the ability to point to the rules and say "I have that" or "I did that". Sort of like being a noble of Gauntlegrym (from OOTA). Or slight in-game benefit like high lifestyle for free in one city like being a Zor of Mulmaster (DDAO-1 Window to the Past).</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">High ranking NPCs and Faction leaders to give you stuff like that (houses, boats, servants, and presumably titles and such) for accomplishing tasks.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">"Stuff" like the benefits of being a Cloak from Season 2.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Contacts within and outside the factions. Just people to go to for information and a little RP inside the mods. As a bonus, this gives the DMs a tool to nudge the party on track with more information, and creates shared NPCs with wide exposure to many PCs - this gives the players a sense of connectedness. As an aside, Shadowrun Missions contacts system came up (you get points to put into contacts to determine their usefulness and loyalty). It might be worth exploring how they deal with contacts.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spend the money on high lifestyle to have some minor in game effect, such as advantage on Persuasion checks with upper class PCs.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">More emphasis on the carousing table from the DMG. Nothing to do different, just mention it in the adventures as an option for people.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Use downtime to boast about your deeds (or hire a bard to do so) and have it used to give you more renown, or maybe a small discount on PHB items, or spellcasting services from a particular deity.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spend DTDs selling magic items (either certed ones or uncerted ones).</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Donate money or DTDs to factions and/or locations (something like DDEX03-16 Assault on Maerimydra). Have the ability to spend them to assist Phlan refugees, rebuild Mulmaster, buy elections in Hillsfar etc. This can be done mod-by-mod or have conventions report the amount spent to cause an effect on the lore/setting.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Money/DTDs for a mount that's just ever-so-slightly better than a PHB mound.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DTDs for druids to research new forms to shapechange into. X days = Y form. Make a standard list.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DTDs for wizards to research spells. X DTDs = scribe a new spell of Y level into their spellbook. It's the same spell as in the PHB, but they can rename it, and have it look different, even though all the mechanical effects are the same.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scorpienne, post: 6820398, member: 39774"] On FB, Robert Adducci asked the question "What kind of metagame activities would you be interested in for the League? We're always looking for cool things to add to the campaign. We've recently been talking about additional uses for downtime." This is the summary of what the Atlanta DDAL FB group thinks. [LIST] [*]Houses, homes, castles, boats, ships, hirelings, servants, families, businesses, and building or crafting things. No in-game benefit except the ability to point to the rules and say "I have that" or "I did that". Sort of like being a noble of Gauntlegrym (from OOTA). Or slight in-game benefit like high lifestyle for free in one city like being a Zor of Mulmaster (DDAO-1 Window to the Past). [/LIST] [LIST] [*]High ranking NPCs and Faction leaders to give you stuff like that (houses, boats, servants, and presumably titles and such) for accomplishing tasks. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]"Stuff" like the benefits of being a Cloak from Season 2. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Contacts within and outside the factions. Just people to go to for information and a little RP inside the mods. As a bonus, this gives the DMs a tool to nudge the party on track with more information, and creates shared NPCs with wide exposure to many PCs - this gives the players a sense of connectedness. As an aside, Shadowrun Missions contacts system came up (you get points to put into contacts to determine their usefulness and loyalty). It might be worth exploring how they deal with contacts. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Spend the money on high lifestyle to have some minor in game effect, such as advantage on Persuasion checks with upper class PCs. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]More emphasis on the carousing table from the DMG. Nothing to do different, just mention it in the adventures as an option for people. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Use downtime to boast about your deeds (or hire a bard to do so) and have it used to give you more renown, or maybe a small discount on PHB items, or spellcasting services from a particular deity. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Spend DTDs selling magic items (either certed ones or uncerted ones). [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Donate money or DTDs to factions and/or locations (something like DDEX03-16 Assault on Maerimydra). Have the ability to spend them to assist Phlan refugees, rebuild Mulmaster, buy elections in Hillsfar etc. This can be done mod-by-mod or have conventions report the amount spent to cause an effect on the lore/setting. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Money/DTDs for a mount that's just ever-so-slightly better than a PHB mound. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]DTDs for druids to research new forms to shapechange into. X days = Y form. Make a standard list. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]DTDs for wizards to research spells. X DTDs = scribe a new spell of Y level into their spellbook. It's the same spell as in the PHB, but they can rename it, and have it look different, even though all the mechanical effects are the same. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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