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<blockquote data-quote="Thasmodious" data-source="post: 4953132" data-attributes="member: 63272">I don't think you need a whole mechanical system with points to spend and upgrades to pull off something like that.&nbsp; Just keep it simple, like once per adventure, a player can make up a contact that would be helpful for an immediate situation (the PCs lost in the Gorge of Confusion, happen to be near the hermit cave of Bald the Hairless, an old hermit who bought some magic shoes from the wizard's dad before going off to seek enlightenment within the narrow, endless corrdiors of the Gorge).&nbsp; That contact helps initially, and can grow as part of the story or not, as DM determined.I like to start PCs with a contact that ties them to the starting area and this is a good way to grow that contact list in a way that involves the players so they are more attached than they might be to just notes on a sheet they made up at 1st level.&nbsp; Taking from Savage Worlds, I also really like the idea of Adventure cards, dealt out to each player at the start of a session.&nbsp; They can play one card once during the session to exert a bit of narrative control that might turn into something interesting or helpful, whether its a bit of a boost, or a new contact, or a love interest.&nbsp; Also, their <a href="http://www.peginc.com/Downloads/SWEX/Interludes.pdf" target="_blank">Dramatic Interludes</a> system is very nice for fleshing out characters, developing backgrounds in-game and plot hooks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thasmodious, post: 4953132, member: 63272"] I don't think you need a whole mechanical system with points to spend and upgrades to pull off something like that. Just keep it simple, like once per adventure, a player can make up a contact that would be helpful for an immediate situation (the PCs lost in the Gorge of Confusion, happen to be near the hermit cave of Bald the Hairless, an old hermit who bought some magic shoes from the wizard's dad before going off to seek enlightenment within the narrow, endless corrdiors of the Gorge). That contact helps initially, and can grow as part of the story or not, as DM determined. I like to start PCs with a contact that ties them to the starting area and this is a good way to grow that contact list in a way that involves the players so they are more attached than they might be to just notes on a sheet they made up at 1st level. Taking from Savage Worlds, I also really like the idea of Adventure cards, dealt out to each player at the start of a session. They can play one card once during the session to exert a bit of narrative control that might turn into something interesting or helpful, whether its a bit of a boost, or a new contact, or a love interest. Also, their [url=http://www.peginc.com/Downloads/SWEX/Interludes.pdf]Dramatic Interludes[/url] system is very nice for fleshing out characters, developing backgrounds in-game and plot hooks.[U] [/U] [/QUOTE]

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