So that's what its called! We had a much less polite name for it. But our group does the same - kinda/sorta. I am forced to admit its a convenient way of keeping track. But at the end of the night, the players usually ask each other whether or not it was used enough to warrant the reduced rate. It seems to work out pretty well. If someone's simply jonesing for a check, the attempt often gets laughed at by the other players. They can spot a fraud faster than I can...
> our last game of Pendragon, in fact, though the process in HW does
end
> up being not entirely dissimilar. A little less mechanistic though
> hopefully -- I prefer to think of the criterion as "figured
noticably
> in the story", as opposed to "got to make a roll on that ability".
That's pretty much how the players do it. At least, I think that's the criteria. But soemthing involved in roleplay (even if no dice were thrown) can also warrant ' used in game' such as going to the local priest to thank him for his help in a previous session (and incidentally dropping off a gift or three) or roleplaying with various NPCs counts for an upgrade - but only if everyone had fun or was amused...
Jeff
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