I am definitely in favor of the rewarding of XP for RP or story contributions to the game that may be submitted on the forum. I believe this should start with the submission of a PC biography to DMs. I will discuss that aspect in more detail when I get down to Ith's questions. Other pieces, whether they be stories, songs, poems, or whatever should be also be awarded some XP, IMO. Of course, the amounts to award for such things are vulnerable to subjective evaluations and not all DMs would reward evenly. Such things would probably need to be discussed to set some expectations and/or limits for DMs for things submitted outside of RP in the game, but I would be inclined to empower DMs to reward as they see fit for bits and pieces that increase the enjoyment in the community. Ideally, however, most of our contributions should be happening via RP in game...by no means all, but most.Analogkid wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 4:03 amWhere do you stand on the the following issues, some under DMA authority and some not but still within admins role to discuss.
How do you feel about awarding xp or some other type of consequence for things done outside the game? It's already within the rules to award xp for character journals and after actions reports (I have no idea if that' s actually done though)but what about allowing actual DM'd sessions to occur outside the game, perhaps on discord itself for particular cases where a player or DM is physically unable to log into the game itself? Perhaps with certain parameters set and a ceiling on how much XP/gold might be earned through such a session, and again based on the DMs availability as well as with a copy of said session being kept as a record.
With regard to RP being carried out in chat or some other milieu outside of the clients, to be honest, I have never really considered it. When we have done these sorts of things before, it always seemed like it was when the server had gone down or there were some connectivity or lag issues and they always seemed to be short-lived. If a DM wanted to, for some reason, carry out some RP on Discord, I would leave it to them to award XP if they thought it appropriate. I would not support material rewards under such circumstances, unless some instance arose that I have trouble envisioning right now. Were that to happen, I suppose a case-by-case discussion would have to be had.
As long as server travel rules are enforced, I would not stand in the way of a one PC per server limit. I have never been a big fan of multiple PCs, but if people want to spread out their time between PCs, I would say let them.Would you be willing to support raising the amount of PC's players may have to three if they wish?
Please see my answer to this question above in my responses to Ari.What are your thoughts on allowing DM's to to operate on a server in which they play?
I tend to entrust this to individual DMs. I will always encourage and even expect DMs to allow for things that should be allowed in PnP that the engine may not support. This applies to RP spells (including fly), climbing or jumping that is not scripted, disguises (with or without magical assistance), and anything else that can be found in PnP that makes the story better. If something comes up where it seems like that things are not being entertained or applied evenly, then the DMs should get together and try to come to a consensus.There are occasions where RP spells and the like, operate one way on one server, and don't on another, or its just based on the DM at hands preference. In those instances where it has a huge bearing on gameplay would you promote conformity across servers? An example being the fly spell where it worked as intended with some DMs and not with others.
That said, not all DMs have the same degree of command of the game rules and asking for this out-of-engine trick or that one may impose excess stress and consume excess time when they are trying to keep an adventure going. We as players need to try to be understanding in such moments and if something does not succeed as spectacularly on one server where it has on another, we need to make the best of it. Full disclosure, sometimes I am bad at this particular thing.
I am in favor of this. I am a big believer in second (or more, depending) chances. It's always OK for individuals to forgive, as it is up to them. It is not always in an organization's best interest to forgive, but sometimes it might be.What are your thoughts on allowing an amnesty for previously banned players on a case by case basis?
While I hope that all of our players are getting DM love, DMs always have their favorites and their less-than-favorites. Always. It would be my hope that it is kept to a minimum and that it would not result in anything unfair or egregious transpiring. It is often easy to say that this is what is going on, but sometimes harder to prove. I loathe the thought of poring over logs and comparing challenge/reward statistics to prove some sort of impropriety, but someone somewhere might find it necessary or even enjoy it.There have been instances where some DMs took the role just to DM and help their buddies, ignore other players and/or help with their personal vendettas, what will you do in those instances where that's the obviously the case but otherwise they're sort of staying within the rules?
Thanks for the questions.