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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Graf" data-source="post: 4427146" data-attributes="member: 3087">So you're having issues getting awarded my DM points for [your] first LEW adventure. And yet you want to introduce a more complex system for L4W...?Just saying....The encounter = reward thing? Someone is already checking XP handouts (right?); it's virtually effortless for them to check OOC points at the same time.Simple, easy judging should be a design goal (to my mind anyway).[d]--[/d]The problem with caps, I think is that 1. They're another layer of complexity 2. They're an indirect and poorly targeted method of trying to do something really really simple*.3. It's not going to even effect most people, and it's targeted at people who are doing a lot for the community.*Lets be clear: what people really don't want is someone bringing in some super awesome PC  Am I wrong? I mean... nobody objects to someone who's doing a great job DMing (or whatever) having some sort of "magical points that reflect that".You just don't want someone creating a 5th level character with a +7 weapon when everyone else is only 3rd level. Right?So target that instead of trying to complexify the whole point award system in the hope that you'll manage to stave off some behavior just come out and cap the action you're worried about. Why not just say.... ...you can only use OOC points to bring in a character who is 1 level lower than the highest level character in the setting and who has no more than 2 magic items (or whatever). and/OR ...you can only spend x points a month on a character and/OR ...once a character reaches a certain level (equal to the highest level character in the game)/gets a certain number of items/whatever they can't spend points on that character until they fall below that point. If you only use indirect, complex and non-explicit methods to try to limit a behavior it seems natural to me that you can't predict the outcome...(which is something that seems to bother coviathe a lot)[d]--[/d]As an example I think it's reasonable to say: Until a character in L4W gets to second level no-one can spend OOC points on their characters.</blockquote>

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