> >From: Gavain Sweetman <gavain.sweetman_at_...>
> >
> >I've been giving out 1 per season for each season they aren't distracted by
> >outside issues and are dedicated to training.
>
> Sounds good, but I think that training for more than one season is pretty
> unrealistic. That is, training ends at some point, and work begins.
Good thought. They have had their initial training period as weaponthanes an are now learning on the job - organising raids, defending the clan etc.
> The periods that I give most HP for are ones in which I assume that they
> actually are being "distracted." For instance, in one case the characters
> were busy surviving by evading an army of undead. As I figure it, that kind
> of forcible "on the job training" is the fastest there is.
Yep we agree here.
>
> Where I go one per year is when the character is just doing their job on a
> day-to-day basis, going through the motions of life. That's when one
> develops least, it seems to me. It's all too easy to become complacent.
Fine, I use that mainly for NPCs and hero followers that don't get too many HP during the year (at least with my players).
>
> But anyhow we seem to agree that it's a question of what has happened in the
> intervening time.
Yes.
>
> Note that I give out "points" to be spent raising keywords...I don't raise
> them all the same amount. Yes, this often means that the homeland keyword
> gets shorted.
Again we agree, the heroes decide / the clan tells them that tey are concentrating on a certain task so the increase goes to the most appropriate keyword.
> I may cap the number spent on any
> one keyword, however, to enforce some breadth, and so that one keyword
> doesn't get spiked to too high a level than the passing time period should
> represent.
This isn't an issue for me yet but is a good idea and I'll keep it in mind for when it does become a problem.
Gavain
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