Experience Points

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This article is about a rule of the game.

Experience points or XP are a method by which players can track their characters' progress in skills, disciplines, and/or magic abilities. Experience points are awarded by Storytellers at the completion of threads. A Domain Storyteller (DS) or an Assistant Storyteller (AS) can award XP for any thread within his or her Domain. A Regional Storyteller can award XP for any thread within his or her Region (including all the domains that fall within the region's boundaries). Site Admins can give XP for any thread.

How Experience Points are Awarded

Upon completion of a thread, a player should post a request in a Storyteller's Office Thread (the AS or DS responsible for the domain the thread is in), post in a thread set up for award/moderation requests, or send a Private Message to an appropriate Storyteller or Site Admin requesting experience points to be awarded. Don't be afraid to let the DS know what sort of XP you are hoping to obtain (e.g., "I did this thread for some longsword experience which is why I used my sword so much!").

If the person you PM'd or posted to in their OOC thread does not respond promptly, feel free to Help Desk Ticket for an experience reward. Please give the Domain Storyteller 7 days to review the thread before asking someone else to award the XP. Often people are busy and it takes time to read threads in their entirety

Number of Experience Points Awarded

Each thread can be worth anywhere from 1 to 5 experience points per skill or discipline. Threads can be awarded XP for more than one skill. If, for example, a Morphing mage PC changes shape multiple times within a complex thread and also uses a weapon for a lengthy battle scene, the PC could be awarded 1 - 5 XP for Morphing and also 1 - 5 XP for the appropriate weapon skill. There is no hard and fast post count requirement per thread, nor is there a length requirement per post. However, storytellers who award XP are looking for depth of writing, creative use of skills, and other similar factors when awarding XP. The more effort a player puts into a post, the more reward he or she will reap.

Guidelines for PCs

• Always Track your XP with links in your Character Sheets.
• Always provide a link to your thread in a PM or Post where you request XP Awards from someone. It's a great deal faster if they don't have to 'find' the thread.
• Let the DS know what your goal of the thread was. (Meditation XP? Tumbling XP? A combination of both?)
• Don't count XP until XP has been officially awarded.
• The greater effort you put into your posts the more XP you will recieve.
• Creativity and originality weigh heavily on a storyteller's XP Decisions.

Guidelines for Storytellers

• Read the thread completely. Our players put time and effort into writing threads and deserve to have them read thoroughly.
• Be prudent. Use common sense when awarding XP.
• Be punctual. Don't make a character wait for their experience points. You should award XP within 7 days of receiving the request.
• Post all XP awards publicly in the last post of a thread.