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<blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 6806416" data-attributes="member: 23935">For me, it depends on the game.&nbsp; I use player-bennies with game engines that offer them; Deadlands and 007 James Bond leap to mind.&nbsp; I introduced a variant rule in a &quot;little&quot; Hero game to spend xp to adjust rolls which was rarely used, at best.&nbsp; I have used Lion Rampant Whimsy Cards as an add-on in a bunch of games notably Ars Magica, D&amp;D 3.5, Aftermath, and All Flesh Must Be Eaten.I am not using the cards with my current Conspiracy-X campaign though the PCs have acquired a couple of in-game items that offer small bennies.Fundamentally, such resources tend to reduce PC death and failed important goals inside the campaign while increasing the variability/weirdness the PCs experience.&nbsp; If that's what I'm looking for as a DM, I add them.As a player, I am less thrilled with them.&nbsp; I find I tend to hoard/forget to use the bennie -- I am more concerned with paying attention to actions my character can take than actions I can take in its behalf.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nagol, post: 6806416, member: 23935"] For me, it depends on the game. I use player-bennies with game engines that offer them; [I]Deadlands[/I] and [I]007 James Bond[/I] leap to mind. I introduced a variant rule in a "little" Hero game to spend xp to adjust rolls which was rarely used, at best. I have used Lion Rampant [I]Whimsy Cards[/I] as an add-on in a bunch of games notably [I]Ars Magica[/I], D&D 3.5, [I]Aftermath[/I], and [I]All Flesh Must Be Eaten[/I]. I am not using the cards with my current Conspiracy-X campaign though the PCs have acquired a couple of in-game items that offer small bennies. Fundamentally, such resources tend to reduce PC death and failed important goals inside the campaign while increasing the variability/weirdness the PCs experience. If that's what I'm looking for as a DM, I add them. As a player, I am less thrilled with them. I find I tend to hoard/forget to use the bennie -- I am more concerned with paying attention to actions my character can take than actions I can take in its behalf. [/QUOTE]

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