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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7045459" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>So the bonus XP are not meant to be excuses for me to be a generous lovable GM <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> OK, OK, I am, buuuut... They're meant to be real rewards for being thoughtful and detailed in a way that facilitates our game (especially the very beginning). They're meant to help me with planning things and help you with "what's my motivation here?" Our opening scene is going to be <strong>en media res</strong>, so the more we eliminate "I sit at the cantina, looking moody, not sure who I can trust, tight-lipped" the better. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll need to know more about your connections to other characters before awarding that bonus 5 XP. It's not automatic.</p><p></p><p>For example "We're brother and sister! Yeah, we came from the same homeworld!" would not be worth the bonus XP. The idea would need to be fleshed out. What does it mean to both of you being siblings, coming from your family? Do you see the family in the same light or have very different opinions? How long has it been since you've seen one another? And so on.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well... Probably not. That said, if it feeds back into Kospirian's immediate hook/motive for being on Kabal, then yes, it probably would.</p><p></p><p>The bonus XP was created to do something specific: Facilitate an opening scene that feels like it could belong on the screen of a Star Wars movie. To me this means:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least half the main characters are human. They're the "point of reference" to which the galactic strangeness around them can really shine. In a party of all alien gangsters and droids, that "point of reference" is lost which diminishes the specialness of being an alien or droid.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many characters have past connections, whether they realize it or not. Chewie and Han have been friends for a long time. Leia and Luke are secretly siblings. That kind of stuff.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Characters have reasons for getting involved in the story. Even a character in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time or just freshly joining the Resistance has a reason. Rey has a soft spot for droids like BB8, which drags her into the conflict of The Force Awakens because BB8 is being hunted by the First Order. Finn helps Poe escape the First Order...it's the right thing to do, but he also needs a pilot before he is brought in for military disciplinary action for disobeying a kill command from Kylo Ren. Even a character like Poe Dameron has a lot of background (not appearing in the movie) about <em>why</em> he joined the Resistance.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Anything making the running of the game smoother over the Internet is a plus too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7045459, member: 20323"] So the bonus XP are not meant to be excuses for me to be a generous lovable GM ;) OK, OK, I am, buuuut... They're meant to be real rewards for being thoughtful and detailed in a way that facilitates our game (especially the very beginning). They're meant to help me with planning things and help you with "what's my motivation here?" Our opening scene is going to be [B]en media res[/B], so the more we eliminate "I sit at the cantina, looking moody, not sure who I can trust, tight-lipped" the better. I'll need to know more about your connections to other characters before awarding that bonus 5 XP. It's not automatic. For example "We're brother and sister! Yeah, we came from the same homeworld!" would not be worth the bonus XP. The idea would need to be fleshed out. What does it mean to both of you being siblings, coming from your family? Do you see the family in the same light or have very different opinions? How long has it been since you've seen one another? And so on. Well... Probably not. That said, if it feeds back into Kospirian's immediate hook/motive for being on Kabal, then yes, it probably would. The bonus XP was created to do something specific: Facilitate an opening scene that feels like it could belong on the screen of a Star Wars movie. To me this means: [list][*]At least half the main characters are human. They're the "point of reference" to which the galactic strangeness around them can really shine. In a party of all alien gangsters and droids, that "point of reference" is lost which diminishes the specialness of being an alien or droid. [*]Many characters have past connections, whether they realize it or not. Chewie and Han have been friends for a long time. Leia and Luke are secretly siblings. That kind of stuff. [*]Characters have reasons for getting involved in the story. Even a character in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time or just freshly joining the Resistance has a reason. Rey has a soft spot for droids like BB8, which drags her into the conflict of The Force Awakens because BB8 is being hunted by the First Order. Finn helps Poe escape the First Order...it's the right thing to do, but he also needs a pilot before he is brought in for military disciplinary action for disobeying a kill command from Kylo Ren. Even a character like Poe Dameron has a lot of background (not appearing in the movie) about [I]why[/I] he joined the Resistance. [*]Anything making the running of the game smoother over the Internet is a plus too. :)[/list] [/QUOTE]
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