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XP Incentives!; Break the mold and get rewarded.
Topic Started: Mar 16 2015, 01:45 AM (158 Views)
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So I had an idea I wanted to implement for the forum that would be a fun way to challenge everybody with writing their characters. Typically, when we create our characters, we have a specific intent in mind for how we want to write them. From what kind of scenes we want to do with them to what writing techniques we use with them.

My ideas, and again this is just for fun, is to create a theme for a month every once in a while and reward players with additional XP for writing their characters according to that theme. So for example, let's say the theme was Frenzy. If a player were to write their character succumbing to frenzy, they would get an xp bonus. Maybe not a drastic change for some characters (looking at you, Brujah), but it definitely wouldn't fit for everyone and I think it would be cool to see those characters in a different light.

The themes, of course, would vary between different types of subject matter. Writing styles, moods, situations, etc. Would be fun to step away from the personal horror and have a good reason to write a comedic scene, or maybe something light-hearted and fun? Or we could go the opposite direction and set it for things like violence or madness.

What's everyone think?
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I like the idea, yes. It could be a meta short term goal for players, especially new ones like me, and it does sound like a fun experience... Or possibly scary-hilarious, if we have to witness Tete try her hands at comedy..
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I agree. It's a challenge for any writer to step out of your comfort zone.
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I was meaning to comment on this but I kept forgetting. I like the idea of encouraging people to write more.

I know that in the chatbox we were talking about clan flaws and how they don't often come up. I'd put 'having your character's clan/bloodline flaw show up detrimentally in a scene' on the table as a potential incentive scenario. Typically not something that people go out of their way to do, but it can add a lot, and I'm curious to see what people would come up with.

Might be a little hard for caitiff, but I'm sure something could be done for that relating to their lack of support/knowledge from being orphans, or perhaps other vampire's stigma against them.

Edit: I meant clan flaws at first, but the ones we take at char gen could apply too.
Edited by Cyrus, Mar 19 2015, 02:28 AM.
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