Other ways of gaining experience?

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KillWatch
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Re: Other ways of gaining experience?

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I REALLY like Palladiums table and it inspired this one

here is my XP table;

E X P E R I E N C E T A B L E
I T E M R E W A R D
Out of Game
Arriving 100
Sharing/Bringing Food 100
Cooking for group 100-500
Lending Dice 100
Not using Player Knowledge 100

IN GAME

MECHANICS
Per skill use 10
Per luck roll 100
Choosing Natural Talent 250

Role Playing
Personal Sacrifice 1-500
Alignment 1-500
Disposition 1-500
Nature 1-500
Valued Person 1-500
Valued Possession 1-500
Playing in character 1-500
Trademark 1-500
Quirk 1-500
Motivation 1-500
Character History Involvement 1-500
Character Family Involvement 1-500
Overcoming some Bad Habit or Influence 1-500
Role Playing a Struggle 1-500
Role Playing an Aftermath 1-500
Character Realization 1-500

GENERAL
Clever/Futile Idea/Action 1-100
Clever/Useful Idea/Action 1-200
Daring/Heroic Clever/Not 1-200
Plan/Action that Saves Self 1-100
Plan/Action that saves PC 1-250
Plan/action that saves NPC 1-500
Risking Minor Damage to help others 1-100
Risking Serious Damage to help 1-250
Risking Life to help 1-500
Avoiding Unnecessary Violence 1-250
Avoiding Killing Foe 1-500
Deductive Reasoning/Insight 1-500
Good Judgment 1-100
Humor without disruption 1-100
Encouraging Party Member OOG 1-400
Encouraging Party Member IG 1-1000
Promoting Teamwork/Unity 1-200

With this even if you are a bump on the log you get SOMETHING, but if you can play and RP well, you can get BUKU points.
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Re: Other ways of gaining experience?

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KillWatch wrote:I REALLY like Palladiums table and it inspired this one

here is my XP table;

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lots of nifty ideas
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Humor without disruption 1-100
Encouraging Party Member OOG 1-400
Encouraging Party Member IG 1-1000
Promoting Teamwork/Unity 1-200

With this even if you are a bump on the log you get SOMETHING, but if you can play and RP well, you can get BUKU points.

these last four intrigue me the most...
humor... I think we all have issued exp for this...
but the encouraging party members? never thought of this one...
and promoting team work? nice! too often do I see not a team but a collection of loners...
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