 Acquiring Contacts Via Gameplay, How do you handle it in your campaigns? |
 Aug 12 2010, 07:55 PM
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I was curious about how people treat the acquisition of contacts during gameplay. Do you associate a karma cost? Is anyone the group interacts with significantly acquired as a contact? When do you reveal a contact's stats? What happens in long running campaigns when the groups little black book is getting to be rather hefty? BB is pretty light on this topic and there isn't much else in other books, so just looking for general community feedback here.
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The Grue Master Acquiring Contacts Via Gameplay Aug 12 2010, 07:55 PM
Dashifen No cost involved and I hand them out like candy. ... Aug 12 2010, 08:58 PM
Megu QUOTE (Dashifen @ Aug 12 2010, 02:58 PM) ... Aug 20 2010, 07:36 PM The Grue Master That is how I handle it too but the list of contac... Aug 12 2010, 09:20 PM Dashifen QUOTE (The Grue Master @ Aug 12 2010, 04... Aug 13 2010, 02:39 AM Jaid a loyalty 1 contact is basically someone who will ... Aug 12 2010, 10:45 PM Shinobi Killfist I usually see the cost in nuyen not Karma. Favors... Aug 12 2010, 11:17 PM Yerameyahu We just ballpark it at need. 'Hey, remember th... Aug 13 2010, 02:42 AM Fatum It's a two-step process for me.
First, you ge... Aug 18 2010, 09:55 PM Voran In the old days, I would try to 'limit' th... Aug 18 2010, 10:13 PM Fatum QUOTE (Voran @ Aug 19 2010, 02:13 AM) The... Aug 18 2010, 10:20 PM tete Do you associate a karma cost? No
Is anyone the gr... Aug 18 2010, 10:15 PM Kraegor The good rule of thumb is: Did your players rolep... Aug 18 2010, 11:14 PM DingoJones I tend to leave it up to the players to keep track... Aug 18 2010, 11:32 PM Lok1 :) My players tend to amass contacts quite quickly in... Aug 19 2010, 03:50 AM Abstruse There's a quick equation that I use:
(Player... Aug 19 2010, 05:17 AM LurkerOutThere Abstruse don't give out the universal formula,... Aug 19 2010, 02:12 PM Medicineman As a GM I like to give away Loy 1 Contacts as a ki... Aug 19 2010, 02:36 PM Yerameyahu Yeah, low-rating contacts are a great plot-expansi... Aug 19 2010, 03:13 PM DireRadiant For my campaigns if a player want to acquire a new... Aug 19 2010, 03:19 PM Yerameyahu No, 'just meeting' doesn't. But things... Aug 19 2010, 03:49 PM Faradon I like to give contacts throughout gameplay as rew... Aug 19 2010, 03:55 PM yesferatu I've always tried just giving them out as they... Aug 19 2010, 04:01 PM Ascalaphus QUOTE (Abstruse @ Aug 19 2010, 07:17 AM) ... Aug 19 2010, 04:17 PM Jaid just for clarification, i feel the need to remind ... Aug 19 2010, 08:13 PM Mooncrow QUOTE (Jaid @ Aug 19 2010, 04:13 PM) just... Aug 19 2010, 08:45 PM Shinobi Killfist QUOTE (Mooncrow @ Aug 19 2010, 03:45 PM) ... Aug 19 2010, 08:48 PM Fatum QUOTE (Mooncrow @ Aug 20 2010, 12:45 AM) ... Aug 19 2010, 10:01 PM Mooncrow QUOTE (Fatum @ Aug 19 2010, 06:01 PM) The... Aug 19 2010, 11:58 PM DocTaotsu Yeah, I'm in the school of thought that contac... Aug 19 2010, 11:52 PM Bira I don't change points for Contacts gained in p... Aug 20 2010, 01:12 PM Voran Its not always so clean with "I saved his lif... Aug 20 2010, 01:39 PM Tiralee Players (and GM) make contacts through roleplaying... Aug 20 2010, 02:07 PM noonesshowmonkey I think that giving out contacts is a great way to... Aug 20 2010, 02:33 PM sabs I've always viewed the Connections trait not a... Aug 20 2010, 03:24 PM deek I make contacts available on a whim. If players w... Aug 20 2010, 04:05 PM Runner Smurf I tend to avoid the contact statistics as much as ... Aug 20 2010, 04:08 PM Ascalaphus I'm kinda puzzling over the whole "mainta... Aug 20 2010, 08:04 PM Megu QUOTE (Ascalaphus @ Aug 20 2010, 02:04 PM... Aug 21 2010, 04:55 AM Aristotle I tend to treat them as loot by default. I may put... Aug 20 2010, 11:55 PM Voran Oh the other hand tho, there have been some advent... Aug 21 2010, 12:22 AM Shinobi Killfist QUOTE (Voran @ Aug 20 2010, 07:22 PM) Oh ... Aug 21 2010, 12:52 AM DocTaotsu Ditto on that, after chargen my table never really... Aug 21 2010, 05:39 AM Shinobi Killfist QUOTE (DocTaotsu @ Aug 21 2010, 01:39 AM)... Aug 22 2010, 09:29 PM EuroShadow In my games contacts are the third part of rewards... Aug 21 2010, 08:30 AM EuroShadow In my games contacts are the third part of rewards... Aug 21 2010, 08:30 AM cndblank I agree about handing the Loyalty 1 contacts like ... Aug 22 2010, 04:48 AM Voran Yeah, I'm all for the 'contacts as rewards... Aug 22 2010, 08:47 AM  |
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