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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Strack" data-source="post: 4359607" data-attributes="member: 71340">My experience with using plot points in &quot;crunchy&quot; games like D&amp;D is that if you let the players use them for both an action-boost and plot-changing, they will never use them for plot-changing. They will only use them as a supplement to 4E's action points. That's because inventing new story elements in the middle of the game is hard, and most players don't have much experience doing it.I would suggest you create a mechanic where players can only use the points to modify the plot. Award the points regularly. I might also give them some bonus when they *spend* the points (minor XP boost), to encourage the players to use them. I'd make the bonus small though, because I have had players react negatively to being &quot;forced&quot; to contribute to the plot. Players that want to use the points will, and get a bit of sugar for contributing, but players who just want to smack monsters won't be excessively penalized.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Strack, post: 4359607, member: 71340"] My experience with using plot points in "crunchy" games like D&D is that if you let the players use them for both an action-boost and plot-changing, they will never use them for plot-changing. They will only use them as a supplement to 4E's action points. That's because inventing new story elements in the middle of the game is hard, and most players don't have much experience doing it. I would suggest you create a mechanic where players can only use the points to modify the plot. Award the points regularly. I might also give them some bonus when they *spend* the points (minor XP boost), to encourage the players to use them. I'd make the bonus small though, because I have had players react negatively to being "forced" to contribute to the plot. Players that want to use the points will, and get a bit of sugar for contributing, but players who just want to smack monsters won't be excessively penalized. [/QUOTE]

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