Re: (TFT) Long Term Play

[rich <sca_rickard@yahoo.com>]

Hi.  Maybe I'm just lucky but my group has not had a problem with this.  All our players want to spend game night time adventuring not rolling on the jobs table.  New characters usually work for about 4 weeks before starting adventuring.  Between adventures, healthy members work while the injured ones heal up.  Also, once characters add 15-20 points, the players usually start thinking about retiring them and starting new ones.  We have been playing for years and haven't needed to modify any rules to do this.  Your mileage may vary.

Rich

--- On Thu, 9/8/11, K Peterson <krpeterson1@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: K Peterson <krpeterson1@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Long Term Play
> To: "tft@brainiac.com" <tft@brainiac.com>
> Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011, 9:48 AM
> >Thats if you keep going. The
> problem with the current job rules and aging
> rules is that it makes sense to retire after >your first
> or second adventure
> and just reap in the benefits of normal jobs.... perhaps a
> subtle social
> commentary?
> 
> I normally avoid 'monkeying' with a rules system until I've
> had a
> chance to play it and get a feel for it. But, if there's
> near-equal incentive
> to get a job to advance as there is to adventure... well,
> that'll provoke me
> to make a house rule change. I think there needs to be
> motivation to get out
> and explore a fantasy world; not spend in-game weeks
> playing Career and
> Paychecks, the rpg. ;)
> 
> >A good way to fix that, if you're having this
> problem, is to vastly increase the stakes- make adventuring
> MUCH 
> >more
> profitable than regular jobs, give fairly large XP bonuses,
> and so on....
> it'll make regular work seem less >worthwhile, but just
> like the overpowered
> jobs, it will result in quickly reaching high levels....
> see below for how to
> >have a lower key game without the normal problems with
> jobs...
> 
> I'd be more
> inclined to go the other direction and understate job
> profitability than boost
> return on adventuring. I could see taking a page from GURPS
> and pulling
> experience gain out of jobs altogether. Have Job Table
> crits provide increased
> income, and fumbles indicate a lost job or minor injury.
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