 Some thoughts about karma, like what should be rewarded... |
 Jul 12 2006, 09:21 AM
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When I'm the GM, I am prone to rewarding players for coolness. An original idea, doing something in character (even if it means bad news), being funny, that kind of stuff. With some players, this means low karma yields per game because they are careful and meticulous about "getting the job done."
My current GM... I can't figure out what he rewards. I think he just predetermines what we'll get based on how challenging the run he made up is. Other GMs I know will reward based on "goodness" or something like it. Good moral choices lead to karma rewards. What about you guys? GM's, what do you like to reward? Players, what do you think you should be rewarded for? |
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Dog Some thoughts about karma Jul 12 2006, 09:21 AM
MacMoney It depends pretty much on how much the players get... Jul 12 2006, 09:38 AM Vaevictis Usually, there's a base karma award for each o... Jul 12 2006, 09:41 AM James McMurray Pretty much the same as everything else. Runs will... Jul 12 2006, 01:18 PM Platinum What no one else offers extra karma for sex? Jul 12 2006, 01:23 PM Jrayjoker I have always felt the "by the book" awa... Jul 12 2006, 01:27 PM James McMurray I forgot to mention that we also award 1 karma for... Jul 12 2006, 01:35 PM Kagetenshi I award karma based on what I feel the players hav... Jul 12 2006, 01:39 PM Jrayjoker Well, The runs we do are probably a bit less intri... Jul 12 2006, 01:41 PM stevebugge I find that when GM'ing I give the standard 1 ... Jul 12 2006, 03:18 PM Jrayjoker Yeah, that sounds like it is pretty by the book, e... Jul 12 2006, 03:22 PM Grinder There are other ways to spend a role playing eveni... Jul 12 2006, 03:33 PM Sahandrian If I penalized my players for incessant whining, t... Jul 12 2006, 06:49 PM stevebugge QUOTE (Jrayjoker) Yeah, that sounds like it is pre... Jul 12 2006, 07:44 PM Lindt I usualy do it be how well they do. Completation ... Jul 13 2006, 04:37 AM Telion typically I use the system as a guide. I have a h... Jul 13 2006, 10:36 PM Wounded Ronin I used to try and give karma as outlined in the SR... Jul 13 2006, 10:42 PM Thorn Black I get my players to justify their karma award at t... Jul 14 2006, 07:48 AM Calvin Hobbes Our karma rules are located at http://kwgames.pbwi... Jul 14 2006, 07:50 AM Moon-Hawk I give awards on a team basis, so everyone gets th... Jul 14 2006, 04:58 PM Wounded Ronin See, I used to give out ~10 karma per adventure bu... Jul 14 2006, 06:56 PM Jrayjoker I suppose if you are able to play every week, and ... Jul 14 2006, 08:20 PM Jrayjoker For the characters, not necessarily the game. Jul 14 2006, 08:20 PM Crossfire Hey Dog! You should tell us how you award karm... Jul 17 2006, 11:25 PM Beaumis When I DM, the biggest chunk of karma I tend to gi... Jul 18 2006, 12:24 AM Dog I am happy to announce that Crossfire earned an ex... Jul 20 2006, 02:09 PM Crossfire Sorry Dog, my bad We won't play dice anymore... Jul 20 2006, 03:17 PM Kagetenshi My question is, why aren't you playing while t... Jul 20 2006, 03:28 PM eidolon I do by the book plus a bit for character story ad... Jul 20 2006, 03:39 PM Crossfire Well, you see, we all entered a facility and the d... Jul 20 2006, 03:40 PM Kagetenshi The discussion in the new thread isn't the one... Jul 20 2006, 03:55 PM James McMurray IF it mirrors the situations I've seen:
QUOTE... Jul 20 2006, 03:59 PM Kagetenshi Two responses there:
1) Crossfire specified that ... Jul 20 2006, 04:07 PM James McMurray 1) I missed that, but it doesn't really change... Jul 20 2006, 04:11 PM eidolon Do you really gain anything from nitpicking the wa... Jul 20 2006, 04:12 PM Dog Time to help derail my own thread...
1. Crossfir... Jul 20 2006, 04:16 PM Platinum We all suck at the start ... but as you get better... Jul 20 2006, 04:42 PM Crossfire I'm sorry about the error, I added a coma in h... Jul 20 2006, 05:56 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Crossfire) I'm sorry about the error, I... Jul 20 2006, 09:51 PM James McMurray I was picturing something along the lines of ... Jul 20 2006, 09:55 PM SL James QUOTE (Dog @ Jul 12 2006, 03:21 AM) What abou... Jul 20 2006, 10:19 PM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (James McMurray)I forgot to mention that we ... Jul 21 2006, 04:27 AM Kagetenshi I have an almost-strict rule against giving out ka... Jul 21 2006, 04:45 AM SL James The only time I gave someone 1 extra karma for hum... Jul 21 2006, 10:31 AM Kyoto Kid QUOTE (SL James)The only time I gave someone 1 ext... Jul 21 2006, 07:44 PM Platinum you need to invest in one of these water resistant... Jul 21 2006, 08:34 PM SL James Eh. I treat my computer like shit. It treats me li... Jul 21 2006, 08:51 PM
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