Experience Points

I've always hated the concept of dealing out experience, especially with the World of Darkness system. The fix I provide below is by no means "perfect," but with our game I desperately need a more accurate way to gauge one's progress. This is a draft that will be used for session 6. By the way, the session 5 summary is 90% complete and should be posted tomorrow. The mini-blogs are also 90% complete. I shall contact the players to iron out the details of posting and all that jazz. Hopefully everyone's excited about this stuff; again these journals will be optional. But posting in the eyes and ears of your Uratha character will definitely earn you EXP points in the future. Behold the new system for handing out experience in the Healing Scars sessions. It mostly follows White Wolf's current formula, with a few twists. With these new mechanics it is possible to lose points if a character follows ego and tries to gain experience points for non-herioc deeds (See Heroism). Also added is MVP points that reward the deeds of one particular packmate. The learning curve system has new flavor by associating the deed proposed with a certain skill or attribute. That way, if a character wants to spend EXP points to raise a stat, I might require that they have a learning curve associated to that stat through roleplaying first, even if they have the number of EXP points required to raise it. Experience Points System 1) Breathing. That's right; you get ONE experience point for just being in the session. [+1 EXP, Automatic for every Character] 2) Learning curve. Each player can attempt to explain "what they learned this session" towards a particular attribute or skill. If they represent this claim well they receive ONE experience point. Also, I will be tracking learning curves for each player and might deny someone boosting their stats if they haven't grown enough in that particular area. [+1 EXP, for Characters Proving Learning Curve] [0 EXP, if Character Fails to Prove Learning Curve] 3) Exceptional Success. This is very simple, if the character performs at least one action that yields an exceptional success, they received ONE experience point. Dramatic failure has nothing to do with this system, failing one of those rolls is dangerous enough as it is. [+1 EXP, if Character has at least One Exceptional Success] [0 EXP, if Chracter has No Exceptional Successes] 3) The Incredible "Fuckup" Point. The character gets ONE EXP point for fixing/surviving some tremedously stupid action. This is storyteller's discrection. [+1 EXP, If Character Overcomes the Feat] [0 EXP, if Character does not Overcome any Feat] 4) True to Form. Sticking "true to form" deserves experience, simply because people fine-tune that which is steadily practiced. This ONE EXP allows characters EXP even if they "suck" for an evening, but still grow from their actions as a character. [+1 EXP, If Character Holds True to Form] [0 EXP, if Character Does Not Stay True to Form] 5) Heroism. Performing heroic deeds is not all that stands to being a hero. To receive TWO experience points for heroism the character must recall a situation they handled in regards to one of their primary Renown skills. This must be something extraordinary, something a normal Uratha would not have done in their place. Characters should be very careful when considering their deeds heroic; they should always listen to their heart and not their ego. Hero points are graded harshly and if not represented one can loose ONE experience point instead of gaining it. If a character doesn't want gamble on heroism points, they can deny the attempt all together. [+2 EXP, If Character Attempts and Proves Heroism] [-1 EXP, if Character Attempts and Fails to Prove Heroism] [+0 EXP, if Character Denies Attempt to Prove Heriosm] 6) MVP Award. Each player secretly votes who they feel contributed most to the success of the session. I, the storyteller, will also cast a vote. The winner of the vote gets THREE experience points. Note: In the event of a tie, no points are awarded. [+3 EXP, if Character Wins MVP Vote] [+0 EXP, in the Event of a Tie for MVP Vote] Thanks to Ben for the updates and changes to the system. With it currently in place it is possible to recieve anywhere from zero to ten EXP points. On average, I expect the characters to recieve between 5-7.