Character points in the middle of the adventure

[Kytross]

We use a home brew system for giving out character points in the middle of an adventure. We do this because our games tend to run 4-6 hours and the GM doesn't always remember all the cool things that happened that were cp worthy at the time. We use poker chips, white, red & blue, and each one corresponds to something different.

1) the GM decides to toss you a white poker chip because he thinks you did something cool. This is a GM call and 1 chip is worth 1 point.

2) you think you've done something worthy of a cp and you take a red chip. You can make your case during the next break.

3) You think someone else has done something worth a cp so you take a blue chip. You can make your case at the next break.


What do you guys think?

[Dromdarr_Alark]

Seems reasonable. I had a Gm who did something similar with Pathfinder.
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[atgxtg]

I've been considering doing something like that also. Basically 1CP for every hour or two as a standard award, modified up or down by how well the group did that session.

[garhkal]

[Kytross]

The limit is at the GM's discretion. The most I've ever seen was when I got seven chips in a six hour session. I was really in character at the time and tend to play my toons to the hilt.

Just because you think you should get a cp (red poker chip) doesn't mean the GM agrees, nor does someone grabbing a blue chip for you guarantee a point.

More often than not when someone starts to reach for a blue chip the three of us who use this method tend to agree and just give them a white chip at the time instead.

In our games red chips don't get taken very often.