Sharing GM credits

[Erekose13]

Lets see Tenebrynn is 6th level and started March 04 so 5mo/level
Eternity is 2nd level and started Nov 05 so 5mo/level
ao'Thuir is 3rd level and started Oct 03 so 12mo/level

as said, average level is not easy to calculate. All three of ao'Thuir's adventures stalled or died.

 

[El Jefe]

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...

 

[Patlin]

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...

Guide to quick leveling:
1) Find a DM who's favorite phrase is "Roll Initiative!"
2) Survive!

 

[Velmont]

Guide to quick leveling:
1) Find a DM who's favorite phrase is "Roll Initiative!"
2) Survive!

Patlin is disqualified... because of point 2)

 

[Bront]

Mine are 6 (Pending), 3, and 4 (Almost 5) in order of creation. So, it depends on the adventure.

Solo adventures work well for leveling

 

[Erekose13]

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.

 

[Manzanita]

DMs earn their credits. I have a hard time imagining who I'd give it to, but if I were to do that, I'm sure I'd have a good reason. Sometimes you do see a PC who gets some bad luck, and you just want to help him. I'll stick with my vote.

 

[Patlin]

Seems to me that favoritism is different than gift giving. Gift giving costs you something. If as a DM I award a player double xp, that's favoritism.

I don't expect to give away any of my DM credits, to anybody. Still OK with it if someone wants to do so, though.

 

[rln]

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.

 

[Patlin]

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.

I actually haven't used any of mine yet, in part due to the fact that the character I would probably use them for has been on an adventure continuously since I first recieved some.