Discussion - General Discussion Thread XI

[Boddynock]

Just to clarify:

• DMs receive credits for running their adventures regardless of whether they post a summary.
• DMs who post a summary receive extra credits. (How many?)
• Credits are available (on a per-adventure basis?) for those who summarize past adventures. (How many?)

I think it's worth a proposal.

'N

 

[Rystil Arden]

Just to clarify:

• DMs receive credits for running their adventures regardless of whether they post a summary.
• DMs who post a summary receive extra credits. (How many?)
• Credits are available (on a per-adventure basis?) for those who summarize past adventures. (How many?)

I think it's worth a proposal.

'N

I like this proposal. I would probably not be up to the task of summarising my own games, and if you want me GMing lots of games like I do (or likewise if you want a lightweight potential GM to be able to GM one game without too much hassle to scare her away), you need to make it easy to GM by not making it a requirement. That said, giving extra credits when people do it is fine with me. Make sure that the credits for non-GMs who summarise an adventure is less than or equal to the credits for a GM who does so, or else you encourage GMs to 'trade' ("I'll do this one that you're running and you do that one that I'm running and we'll both get more than if we each did our own!")

 

[Boddynock]

Make sure that the credits for non-GMs who summarise an adventure is less than or equal to the credits for a GM who does so, or else you encourage GMs to 'trade' ("I'll do this one that you're running and you do that one that I'm running and we'll both get more than if we each did our own!")

See, my mind's not devious enough. I just assumed that they'd be equivalent - and didn't even give a thought to rorting the system.

 

[Manzanita]

I tried to get something like this going with my thread on Volidar's tales of EN world. So some of the old adventures have been summarized. I like the idea. Maybe it should be 1 DM credit for the adventure summary. Either the DM could do it, or one of the players. Or a judge or lurker or whatever. It could even be done collaberatively, though the DM credit would have to go to someone. Ideally it would then be posted where it would be easy to find, preferably the first post. So once its written (if it's not actually written by the DM), the DM would edit his/her first post to contain this info. Once this was done, the judge would assign the DM credits.

 

[Rystil Arden]

I tried to get something like this going with my thread on Volidar's tales of EN world. So some of the old adventures have been summarized. I like the idea. Maybe it should be 1 DM credit for the adventure summary. Either the DM could do it, or one of the players. Or a judge or lurker or whatever. It could even be done collaberatively, though the DM credit would have to go to someone. Ideally it would then be posted where it would be easy to find, preferably the first post. So once its written (if it's not actually written by the DM), the DM would edit his/her first post to contain this info. Once this was done, the judge would assign the DM credits.

On the other hand, it may be prudent to base the reward on the length of the adventure / complexity of the write-up. For instance, I'd have no problems summarising Bounty of the Endless Sands (short, few relevant NPCs, few new locations) for 1 GM credit, but I'd balk at A Teacher for Laynie (very long, many many NPCs, lots of fluff about Medibaria and the Academy).

 

[Boddynock]

On the other hand, it may be prudent to base the reward on the length of the adventure / complexity of the write-up. For instance, I'd have no problems summarising Bounty of the Endless Sands (short, few relevant NPCs, few new locations) for 1 GM credit, but I'd balk at A Teacher for Laynie (very long, many many NPCs, lots of fluff about Medibaria and the Academy).

As a rule of thumb, what about a reward equal to half the reward for running the adventure (rounded up) - the longer the adventure, the greater the reward?

 

[B4cchus]

I thinks this summary idea is indeed a very good one!
The DM running the adventure should have 'dibs' on the summary and only after he waves the right to summarize his own adventure, someone else can step in and make one.
The rewards for those mega adventures should indeed be higher than the shorter ones but strictly taking the time it's running into account may give a false peception of the amount of work needed to compile it. Adventures with a slow pace aren't per se difficult to compile. I therefore suggest to use post count as a measureing tool to determine the number of credits rewarded for the summary.
I'm thinking of something like 1 GM credit per 10 pages.

 

[Boddynock]

The DM running the adventure should have 'dibs' on the summary and only after he waves the right to summarize his own adventure, someone else can step in and make one.
I therefore suggest to use post count as a measuring tool to determine the number of credits rewarded for the summary.
I'm thinking of something like 1 GM credit per 10 pages.

Two good points!

I doubt that we'd have a line of people queuing up to summarize current adventures but a simple post at the end of a thread either confirming or waiving the DM's intention to summarize it would be sufficient. Of course, if the DM doesn't follow through, perhaps the judges can follow up.

I had been thinking of post count but thought that one half DM's award might be simpler. Neither method, however, takes into account the complexity which a short, fast game might demonstrate. Some sort of table perhaps?

[B]Per adventure                     DM Credits[/B]
10 pages of posts                 1
Fully detailed NPC                1
Fully detailed location           2
Fully detailed institution*       3

*e.g. thieves’ guild, wizards’ school, government, culture

 

[Bront]

Sweet, I'll have to sumarize my two adventures. Of course, this will reveal the cruel truth about what happened at the end of Rheim which none of the players seemed to care to ask about

 

[orsal]

I'm thinking of something like 1 GM credit per 10 pages.

Errm... what do you mean by `page'?

A thread that runs 600 posts is a 15-page adventure if you have your options set to 40 posts per page but a 20-page adventure if you have 30 posts per page. LEW rules should be using objective units of measurement, such as the post, rather than the page.