Better CP systems?

[tetsuoh]

Anyone got ideas for other ways for CP to be awarded?

The current CP system does not work in my games because I do not run an adventure timeline style of game.

I'd also like it to be a system where I can award CP after each session or at least after specific actions happen.

As always, I appreciate any help ahead of time.

Thanks,
~Tet

[Zarn]

I run a low to moderate CP game, usually.

I tend to give 2 CP for showing up for a session, 1 CP if you do something that highlights your character, and perhaps 1 CP for achieving certain goals.

So I'm usually at 2-4 CP per session, which means that every couple of sessions a character can usually increase a skill or two by one pip.

[atgxtg]

What I've done is awarded CP per playing time.

Base Award: 2 CP (typically 1 CP per 2 hours)

Modfiers:
x2 if the PCs complete a mission during this play session
x1/4 if the botched a mission during this play session
Role playing: +/-50% increase/reduction for good/bad roleplaying.


You can easily adjust the rate that character earn CP by changing the time required to get a CP. 1 per 3 or 4 hours would slow down the progression.

[Barrataria]

[Random_Axe]

In both of my campaigns I am running now, I give out 2 CP per session, as a standard. This allows the players a guaranteed source of CPs that come back after having to spend some of them on die rolls during a session. The 2 CPs are only given to the players who are actually present that session.

One of the playing groups is pretty large (6 players plus me the GM) so I warned them that anyone who missed a session missed out on the 2-CP nightly reward; in the other smaller group this won't be an issue since we won't be playing if we aren't all gathering.

Then at the end of the adventure/storyline (which may take a few or even several sessions) I will give out the final reward of 6-10 CP's. For instance, last night we ended a 3-session adventure (which relatively speaking had a limited storyline) and gave out a story award of 6 CPs. Which came to a total of 10 CPs rewarded over the course of the story.

If I am running a major storyline, the final reward may look like 10-12 CPs. All other rules bout spending CPs on rolls or bumping skills apply normally.

[Whill]

[atgxtg]

I think he means he isn't running "mission-centric" adventures, meaning there isn't always a specific goal to the adventure that the players are expected to try an accomplish.

[tetsuoh]

correct, my games are presented more as "this is my life and my choices" style.

With no downtime unless the characters take the downtime, which usually occurs during hyperspace travel or because they literally take a vacation.

[Whill]

OK, thanks. I agree with the others that giving CPs per game session would probably be best.
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[garhkal]

Why not go with
2cp showing up and playing
+1cp for enjoying themselves
+1cp for a great comment/idea/comical moment
+1cp if they hit a mission objective for "That storyline" they are on..
So 3cp base, 5cp max for a game session.
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[DarthOmega]

I'm going to be starting up my Star Wars game again here soon, and I was re-reading the rules to re-familiarize myself with them again, and came up with a question along the topic, so figured I'd post here rather than litter the forum with another thread (hope that's okay).

As a note, I will be running a similar type game as tetsuoh (I call them 'sandbox' games rather than 'story driven' or 'objective based' games).

So my question is if there is little to no downtime for a long stretch of time, how can anyone get any of that required training done? And even better, what is a character to do when he has a very long stretch of time required for training? For example I was reading that an attribute takes a week per character point to raise? That's quite a lot of time! Raising from 2D+2 to 3D will take twenty weeks (using the example in the book), that's almost half a year! And that's with a teacher. Of course you could spend an additional 133 CP to reduce the time down to a week(at 1 CP per day reduced), but seriously who is EVER going to have enough CP to do that?

I know raising an attribute is the most extreme case and that they are supposed to be difficult to raise, but that amount of time seems... well extreme to me. Does anyone house rule the training times at all or even hand-wave them altogether?
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[Ankhanu]

I'm with many of the others, award CP after each game session. I don't pile on the CPs like many others do, however... it makes the CP economy something that players have to actually think about, rather than just using them at the drop of a hat.
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[tetsuoh]

my players are in training at this very moment.

The force wielder who started as a zeltron force tradition of "companion" (think firefly) is now starting his attendance at the jedi temple.

The pilot/mechanic is working on the ship along with the droid.

But you see I interject story into the training on numerous occassions - now a few days or even weeks may pass in my game - but normally I describe the comings and goings of that training, and my pc's actually like it.

[garhkal]