Adventures, rewards, upgrades how often?

[worfbacca]

I tend to run an adventure 6-12 sessions (2 hour sessions - one a week) this brings it to about 4-8 adventures a year. At the end of each adventure is the rewards and upgrade component. What about everyone else? I like the 4-8 upgrade sessions a year for slow character growth. I don’t want my players to go from zero to hero to quickly.
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[Dr. Bidlo]

I am not really sure about the number of upgrades or upgrade sessions, but my sessions tend to last 3-5 hours each and adventures typically take 2-3 sessions if they are very tactical (which they often ate). I also have story and roleplaying heavy sessions that also run 3-5 hours, but tend to take only one session to complete. I think on average I play 1 to 2 sessions a month.

My players are able to upgrade skills in a game session because of a house rule I use, but general upgrades are usually only allowed between adventures. Sometimes I throw the right from one adventure to another with no times for skill increases and upgrades, though.

I don't worry too much about the players getting overpowered because I can always bring into play areas whete they are weak if I need to level the playing field, or take away the technology that makes them so powerful with their skills.

[pakman]

The character advancements in my game are based upon reaching a story milestone in the current adventure.

if it is a short adventure, it could be the end - for a longer adventure - it could be at the end of a major plot point.

I would say this is about every 4-8 sessions as well.
(we go slow, not just for zero to hero - but most of our games last years, and d6 gets a bit ...wonky...at high die codes).

My group has used "milestone" based experience for about a decade (or more? dang...) - in both star wars and in other games (have a DND 5E game using it, which is nearing the end). We like it and it works for us.

We use some slightly modified rules for CP, bonus dice etc. but those are mostly independent upon how often we get rewards.

To each their own!
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[cheshire]

I would usually game every other week to once a month, and the players got 7-10 CP either every or every other session. I also kept the need for a skill base pretty broad so that they didn't leap completely over opposition.

For some reason that type of growth got more unmanageable in my D6 Fantasy game than it did in Star Wars, but that may have been because there was a less diverse set of skills they were leaning on.

So, I think I'm on the faster progression side of the spectrum.
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[garhkal]

Since i've been in campaigns, where 7-10cp were awarded per session or adventure, i tend to be much more on the LESS side of house...
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[FVBonura]

I run monthly games on the third Saturday of the month. We play from 6pm to 10pm plus or minus. I try to end on a cliffhanger when I can.

Scenarios happen when they organically happen. I prefer to overlap scenarios so before the present scenario is over seeds of 1-3 new scenarios are already unfolding. I learned this trick from the show "Dark Matter".

As I said in another thread. I don't give out Character Points and Force Points at the end of the game, I give them out when the player does something good instantly. This tends to reinforce and reward good behavior better. Also I have seen my share of GMs and players who can't remember all the things they did worthy of points at the end of a session so this strategy prevents that. I almost always give only 1CP for a good action. The less you give, the more often you can give it.
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[DougRed4]

We don't play anywhere near as often as we once did, but the campaign is a long one (over 12 years now). We only get a couple of games in a year.

I compiled this list (below) based on what is spelled out in 2R&E, and that's what I use. My characters get into character and roll play well, so they end up easily getting 15 CPs per adventure (which might take a couple of 4-5 hour sessions). My highest CP character in the party has earned 257 over the course of the campaign, though the last few sessions he has spent more than he has earned staying alive.

Awarding Character Points – Star Wars d6

3-15 Character Points per Adventure

The average Adventure spans two nights of gaming, or 4 to 5 fairly long Episodes

How did the players/characters do? (Well: 6-8, Poorly: 3-4)
• Solved puzzles
• Came up with great solutions
• Made sure everyone had fun

How did each individual player do? (2-3)
• Very clever
• Went out of their way to make the game fun

Did they cooperate? (2-4)
• Worked well as a team
• 0 if the players argued

Did they play in character? (Well: 6-8, Poorly: 3-4)
• Roleplayed well
• 0 if they didn’t roleplay at all

Did everyone have fun? (3-4)
• All? (including the GM?)
• 0 if difficult or not trying to get into the spirit of things
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[pakman]

[FVBonura]

Also I do Half Character Points. If the player does something good but not quite enough to impress me, I may give 1/2 CP. A half can not be used but if the player does something good later in the game and it too was not spectacular just good I give them another 1/2.
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