proposal: adjustment to time XP

[twilsemail]

stonegod, no disrespect, but didn't you notice that r1 hit vampire status? He has got Twilight fans and emo teens to do his bidding now. You can't mess with that kind of power...

Quick! Everyone! Give R1 XP so he loses his fanbase!

 

[stonegod]

Hmm. Seems folks were saying bad things about me, but then changed their minds. Good for them.

 

[KarinsDad]

Vampire will kick butt on Owlbear any day of the week.

 

[TwoHeadsBarking]

Vampire will kick butt on Owlbear any day of the week.

Well, any night, really.

 

[evilbob]

So!

Any other thoughts on whether or not we should double time XP?

 

[CaBaNa]

I like the idea, the slow nature of PbP allows people to understand their powers well enough.

For games that stop completely, due to loss of DM or multiple players, time exp is the only thing a character can rely on while they wait for resolution... Doubling the value of an RP, makes that wait sting less.

 

[KarinsDad]

Well, any night, really.

Ssshhhh. You're not supposed to explain the joke.

 

[renau1g]

I almost voted yes right now then something came to me. Time xp is much different than RP's. Time XP HAS to be awarded at the end of the adventure, RP's are awarded, but they can be carried forward. So if someone has a bunch of RP's (like my Cannith Caper Crew) earned before the doubling would take effect, how would we track them? It seems difficult from a judge perspective to make sure that the RP's earned in say June/10 for Haltor are only single when he cashes them in.

A solution would be for the proposal to not be double their value, but rather double the number awarded. i.e. 2 RP's/month of gaming (4 for DM's). We would need to change that other proposal about 2nd PC's to 8 RP's to account for this change also.

 

[twilsemail]

I almost voted yes right now then something came to me. Time xp is much different than RP's. Time XP HAS to be awarded at the end of the adventure, RP's are awarded, but they can be carried forward. So if someone has a bunch of RP's (like my Cannith Caper Crew) earned before the doubling would take effect, how would we track them? It seems difficult from a judge perspective to make sure that the RP's earned in say June/10 for Haltor are only single when he cashes them in.

A solution would be for the proposal to not be double their value, but rather double the number awarded. i.e. 2 RP's/month of gaming (4 for DM's). We would need to change that other proposal about 2nd PC's to 8 RP's to account for this change also.

I'm voting against this option with my not real vote. If you change things that way it extends my wait for another PC by 3 months. I would be very sad... ( I currently have earned 3-ish RP in Love Lost, I'd need to earn 5 more under the new system... which is another 3 months)

 

[evilbob]

r1: Good point. However, all you seem to be guarding against is that RPs earned before now ("now" = when this proposal passed) wouldn't be doubled. But, I am ok with that: if we're going to double time XP, I have no issue with it being effectively retroactive.