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<blockquote data-quote="twofalls" data-source="post: 2155946" data-attributes="member: 23718"><p><strong>Consumable XP</strong></p><p></p><p>I award consumable xp to the group. Whenever a member brings a food item to share with the group he/she earns extra xp that goes into a group pool. That group pool can be used (though a majority vote) to bump characters who are close to the next level, pay the xp cost for magical items, or what have you. This has become so popular that there are actually two game groups that I run that participate. I have a cedar chest in the game room we affectionatly call the treasure chest. Each group has been very good at keeping it supplied with chips, cookies, bottled waters, and assundries, while I keep it stocked with hard candies (that my kids get one of for their after dinner treat). This has resolved the "but I'm only 50 xp away" issue.</p><p></p><p>There is one other thing that I do that I haven't heard of other groups doing before, and that reinforces the roleplaying athmosphere in the game. Once I give the "signal" we are no longer allowed to use our mundane names, but only character names for the rest of the session. So for example Marco my best friend is called Gnaut the name of his fighter, and that strongly reinforces that character's identity in the game. However I enforce this rule. If a player speaks to another using a mundane name once that signal has been given, the first player who calls them on it gets his own level x50 in xp directly from the offending players character sheet! If I was the offender I immediatly award the person who caught me with the same. I never personally call other players out on using mundane names as I would be seen as competing with them. It's worked very well and people have been good natured about it and haven't ever abused it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="twofalls, post: 2155946, member: 23718"] [b]Consumable XP[/b] I award consumable xp to the group. Whenever a member brings a food item to share with the group he/she earns extra xp that goes into a group pool. That group pool can be used (though a majority vote) to bump characters who are close to the next level, pay the xp cost for magical items, or what have you. This has become so popular that there are actually two game groups that I run that participate. I have a cedar chest in the game room we affectionatly call the treasure chest. Each group has been very good at keeping it supplied with chips, cookies, bottled waters, and assundries, while I keep it stocked with hard candies (that my kids get one of for their after dinner treat). This has resolved the "but I'm only 50 xp away" issue. There is one other thing that I do that I haven't heard of other groups doing before, and that reinforces the roleplaying athmosphere in the game. Once I give the "signal" we are no longer allowed to use our mundane names, but only character names for the rest of the session. So for example Marco my best friend is called Gnaut the name of his fighter, and that strongly reinforces that character's identity in the game. However I enforce this rule. If a player speaks to another using a mundane name once that signal has been given, the first player who calls them on it gets his own level x50 in xp directly from the offending players character sheet! If I was the offender I immediatly award the person who caught me with the same. I never personally call other players out on using mundane names as I would be seen as competing with them. It's worked very well and people have been good natured about it and haven't ever abused it. :) [/QUOTE]
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