Sharing GM credits
- Thread starter Bront
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And for a couple more data points,
Oirhandir is 4th level and started Jun 04 so 7 mo/level
Boog is 4th level and started Apr 05 so 4.5 mo/level
BUT...
It took Oirhandir 12 months to gain his first level 6/04-6/05
Maybe 4 months to gain his second level 6/05-10/05?
A good 7 months to gain his third level 10/05-5/06
And only 4 months to gain his fourth level 5/06-9/06
Boog, likewise, took nearly a year to gain his first level and has been leveling rapidly after that. I chalk that up to Patlin's combat-heavy DMing style...
Oirhandir is 4th level and started Jun 04 so 7 mo/level
Boog is 4th level and started Apr 05 so 4.5 mo/level
BUT...
It took Oirhandir 12 months to gain his first level 6/04-6/05
Maybe 4 months to gain his second level 6/05-10/05?
A good 7 months to gain his third level 10/05-5/06
And only 4 months to gain his fourth level 5/06-9/06
Boog, likewise, took nearly a year to gain his first level and has been leveling rapidly after that. I chalk that up to Patlin's combat-heavy DMing style...
Erekose13
Explorer
I know that technically this passed due time limits, but having read and thought about DH's concerns I would like to change my vote to a no. I urge everyone to think about who they would give their own GM points to. Me it would be friends or people I have played in a game with, and DH is right, that is favortism.
rln
Explorer
Hmm, I did not have this in mind when I wrote the proposal about Dm credits. However it seems a fair idea.
As pointed out, a DM has a fair chance for favotitism if he chooses to (his friend in the game plays a paladin? Whoops, how strange, there's a +X holy avenger in this crypt!). That said, I actually believe there is less favoritism in LEW than a typical PbP game with your friends, as the game becomes less personal (and more persona-l
) when you don't have people in front of you physically.
I'd say a DM shouldn't interfere with an on-going game in this way for the most part, mostly because it may feel like "DM fiat". However, in between games or as a player to another player, I do not mind it. I would, however, ask for a rationale after each use of a DM credit (pretty much regardless of how it's used). For example, a player who is 47 XP short of a level might receive training in combat by another fighter-type PC (who spends a credit) and he gains a fighter level.
I believe the original proposal called for writing up a short note on how the DM credits are actually put in play, which hasn't been too obvious in the games I've seen where it has been used - though I may be mistaken.
As pointed out, a DM has a fair chance for favotitism if he chooses to (his friend in the game plays a paladin? Whoops, how strange, there's a +X holy avenger in this crypt!). That said, I actually believe there is less favoritism in LEW than a typical PbP game with your friends, as the game becomes less personal (and more persona-l
) when you don't have people in front of you physically.I'd say a DM shouldn't interfere with an on-going game in this way for the most part, mostly because it may feel like "DM fiat". However, in between games or as a player to another player, I do not mind it. I would, however, ask for a rationale after each use of a DM credit (pretty much regardless of how it's used). For example, a player who is 47 XP short of a level might receive training in combat by another fighter-type PC (who spends a credit) and he gains a fighter level.
I believe the original proposal called for writing up a short note on how the DM credits are actually put in play, which hasn't been too obvious in the games I've seen where it has been used - though I may be mistaken.
