Re: [HOE] Fate Chips and Bounty

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> >Have any other people run into this type of problem?  If so, have you
> >made any rules adjustments so that players don't feel obliged to spend
> >almost all their chips on every given encounter?
> >
> 
> I reward heroic actions, So those guys running into the fight,  usually end 
> up getting an extra chip or two.  Also remember that playing your flaws gets 
> you chips.  Encourage you characters to play them,  and they should keep 
> there chip supply at an ok level.

We (my group) re-instated the old bounty points and fate chips rewards
(giving them separately). We reward fate chips for fights:  generally a
white for scrub fights, a red for a real threat (scrubs + leader) and a
blue for trully life threatening encouter (final boss, etc.). That's one
per posse member.
We reward roleplaying and plot developement and and playing
hinderances what-not with BP's 

The big reason we did this is because we were seeing the opposite problem.
Combat-gods would wind up with extra chips at the end of the game (because
they weren't as hard-pressed in a fight) and less-combat oriented
characters would wind up with none. The combat-gods would then put some
points into their combat skills and the rift would widen. This change
seems to have fixed the problem fairly nicely.

Oh, we also added a side rule that each player can convert 1 chip into BPs
at the end of each session. this is to reward particualrly crafty, or well
played players for not having to "burn" all their chips. 

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab, Safety Warden (Bldg. 85)


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