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scruffydude7
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Rock Hill, SC

03/14/2007 2:54 PM
In the campaign I am DMing, one of the players (who is running a halfling ninja) has missed two sessions and his character is a level lower than the rest of the party. To help him catch up, I thought it would be a good idea to give him a list of generic ninja accomplishments which will earn his character bonus XP, a higher rank in his ninja clan, and maybe some cool ninja patches to put on his ninja headband, or something. I have a few ideas for accomplishments, but I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions. Here's a few that I am considering: - Kill a creature before it notices you. (deadly patch) - Kill a creature before your companions notice the creature. (sentinel patch) - Infiltrate a heavily guarded area without being spotted. (stealth patch) Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks in advance!

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gss_000
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Baltimore, MD

03/14/2007 3:16 PM
Well, the system does account for this. When you calculate XP, calculate XP again for a party one level lower and his share will be more than the others. Over time he should catch up. I like the tie in of activities with character benefits. I'm always a lttle leary of side quests or use of skills for XP because it may cause more work if others fall behind and want to have the same opportunity, and in the absolute worst case cause resentment for the focus on one character (and shouldn't they all get XP for using their skills in creative ways?). But if you want to do this, what about: -Successfully avoid being hit soley by using her Ki dodge -Something focusing on the ninja's acrobatics?

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scruffydude7
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Rock Hill, SC

03/14/2007 4:29 PM
Posted By gss_000 on 03/14/2007 3:16 PM Well, the system does account for this. When you calculate XP, calculate XP again for a party one level lower and his share will be more than the others. Over time he should catch up. Thanks for your suggestions. The party is still low enough level (level 3 and this PC is level 2) that they would all recieve the same amount of experience for encounters until the rest of the party levels up again. He might catch up in the time it takes the party to gain 2 levels. Unfortunately, my group only gets to play about once a month if we're lucky, so it could take a while that way. I was hoping to do this in a way that I can give him a little extra XP without him having to arrange a sidequest that would take away from the main story, and he would catch up just a little faster.

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gss_000
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Baltimore, MD

03/14/2007 10:42 PM
That does sound like a complicating issue. Good luck with this.

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realmaster
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03/14/2007 11:21 PM
that is what my dm is doing. one of our party members was gone for a while and now back and quite lower level then the rest of us.

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