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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7059836" data-attributes="member: 97077">I toyed with that method early on, but eventually abandoned it. Chiefly the reason I wanted to do it that way was to set up a method where the DM was effectively removed from the process in which the PCs got Inspiration. I've achieved that same goal by the method I use now which is that the players just claim Inspiration when they play to their characters' personal characteristics (limit one per characteristic, so up to four times total per session).I think this produces a better result because the players always know what they need to do to get Inspiration. The limitation of one Inspiration per characteristic means they can't spam a Personality trait which means if they want that sweet, sweet Inspiration, they need to put more than one characteristic on display. What's more, I don't have to know anything about their characteristics so there's no onus on me to memorize 16 to 20 different things about the characters. They just act it out, hit a button that spits out the characteristic in Roll20 and take their Inspiration with no pause in the game.In some campaigns, I add additional ways to earn Inspiration, but this is my baseline.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7059836, member: 97077"] I toyed with that method early on, but eventually abandoned it. Chiefly the reason I wanted to do it that way was to set up a method where the DM was effectively removed from the process in which the PCs got Inspiration. I've achieved that same goal by the method I use now which is that the players just claim Inspiration when they play to their characters' personal characteristics (limit one per characteristic, so up to four times total per session). I think this produces a better result because the players always know what they need to do to get Inspiration. The limitation of one Inspiration per characteristic means they can't spam a Personality trait which means if they want that sweet, sweet Inspiration, they need to put more than one characteristic on display. What's more, I don't have to know anything about their characteristics so there's no onus on me to memorize 16 to 20 different things about the characters. They just act it out, hit a button that spits out the characteristic in Roll20 and take their Inspiration with no pause in the game. In some campaigns, I add additional ways to earn Inspiration, but this is my baseline. [/QUOTE]

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