> Look, I have a campaign I'd like to restart based in the late
1590s. The
> PCs, when we get going again, will be new adults at about the
level of
> choosing their specialist cult (one already has). I want to have a
> general story-arc sweep that means they participate in the general
> Sartar Rising events on about the same level (if they so choose)
as the
> major NPCs. So, by about 1620, the stats in the back of OiD are a
> general guide to where they ought to be.
> How do I get them there? Obviously I'll have to do some "and a year
> passes" gaps, but I need a feel for how fast they should be
advancing. I
> need a feel for what level people should be at at intermediate
dates.
OK, if this is how you want to do it, then I'd put together my "super-rough draft campaign outline" with these levels in mind. You should have little trouble having characters that are where they ought to be by 1620. If, like my players, they manage to find themselves in the midst of everything going on in Sartar, they will likely advance pretty quickly - and you will have players like Javern Spithorn or Orngerin Thundercape in your hands. If you try to keep them out of some of the troubles (as Lismelder, they might not get involved in Starbrow's Rebellion), you'll probably have something more manageable, but ready to be in the thick of the action.
No matter what, you'll have years of NPC interaction, plotlines and subplots to enrich the game once you get to the "crucial years".
> > That's one contest that seasons to perform. So they get
> > directed HP for whatever skills they used.
>
> Fine. How many HP?
It really depends on what I want out the players. Am I concerned that their "economic abilities" are subpar? Then maybe I give out 4 directed HP and 3 regular HP for the session. Do I want a small gradual improvement? I give out 1 or 2 directed HP and 2 regular HP for the session. Do I want to keep the status quo? Maybe I give out 2 regular HP. It just depends on how I want to pace the game.
> > If a long passage of time happened - let's say my players
> > left Dragon Pass and decided to homestead in Wenelia for a
> > decade ... give out points appropriately (and maybe a stack
> > of "spend-it-anywhere" points).
>
> How many, and how big a stack? You've got the feel for this. Don't
tell
> me to use mine, I haven't got one. Getting one is most of the
point of
> this conversation!
Again, it really depends on what I want out of the players. Do I want them to have "really learned" from their time in Wenelia and make use of those skills? OK, maybe I give out 10 or 15 HP and say they've got to use on in things related to their decade in Wenelia. Do I want to downplay it? Maybe I give out 5 HP. Again, it depends on how I want to pace things.
Jeff
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