So, with the first game down its a good time to start talking about Downtimes and premises. Lets start with downtimes...
Downtimes are a chance for your character to collect clues, wrap up loose ends and further your characters goals.
For each game you attend you get 2xp
You get an additional 2xp for submitting a downtime
You may earn an additional 1xp for a Motley meeting/DT scene with an ST present
There is a xp cap of 5xp per month within the IOD except for overcap xp
Downtime Deadlines:
Here is an extract from the National chronicle guide:
Downtime actions are always due 2 weeks before the local game of the ST to whom they are addressed. This means that downtime actions to your LST are due 2 weeks before your local game. However if you wish to address a downtime to a different LST, they should receive it 2 weeks before their local game. Any downtime action received less than 2 weeks before the game will not generally be addressed until after that game. Exceptions are entirely at LST discretion and will generally only be granted when there is a clear IC urgency in response to a new and unexpected circumstance.
I'm placing the DT deadline at 11am two Sunday's after the game, any downtime that hits the email account more than a minute after this will count as late and you may not get a response before the game. If you can't make the deadline it is important you contact me beforehand and we can arrange a suitable extension.
Downtime Actions:
As standard each character gets 3 downtime actions per month. For each action I would like you to highlight the following:
1. What you are trying to achieve.
2. How you intend to achieve it.
3. What you are prepared to risk for it. (this is especially important if you are trying to cut a deal with an NPC)
In addition you get an additional action for each of the following you have on your sheet.*
- Allies: will do a favour for you within their purview
- Contacts: will answer one question asked of them within their purview**
- Hedge beast Companion: will perform a simple task based on their abilities***
- Mentor: Can teach or give advise within their purview
- Retainer: Will do favours for you, more efficient if within their purview
- Prophet Circle: Choose a topic and receive a 'related statement' per dot of prophet circle
- Slave: Will do whatever you say master...must always please the master...
- Visionary dreams: Receive a dream about a subject of your choice
** Contacts are now a single dot merit per contact
*** Choose three 'Tags' (Skills or Contracts) and I will stat you hedge beast to reflect that.
XP spends
XP spends do not cost a downtime action, unless specifically restricted by another addenda. There is no limit to the number of XP spends in one downtime, but you should not normally be expect to increase a single skill, attribute, power, etc. by more than 1 point each month. Your ST may also deny requests he or she feels are inappropriate for the character.
For XP spends I would like you to tag them into either an action in downtime or something relevant in uptime you have done in the last month (this can include buying but not selling the particular trait from the market).
This is especially so for learning the clauses of contracts as you have to actively seek out the platonic concept and strike a deal with it. I'm happy to run small linears in uptime to facilitate this.
Premises
Premises are a way for player to know what to expect from the upcoming games and are a good opportunity for characters to show achieve 'non plot related' character goals. e.g. setting up that fighting tournament or opening a pub your character has bought.
More importantly premises are a way for you the player to have a say in what happens during a changeling game and get creative in providing entertainment and challenges for your fellow players
Originally I wanted each of the four seasonal courts to host two games a year with the rest either being ST premises or premises from the lesser courts. However (given there are only 2 winter courtiers and 3 spring courtiers out of a playerbase of 20+) that might be a bit untenable...
anyway here is a spread sheet everyone should be able to access if you have an idea for a game you'd like to run please put down your name and a quick three word concept (e.g. rattlin, battlin, hedgebeasts) in the month you think you'd be able to run it in. If somebody has already written in the month you wanted just put your idea in a different colour underneath and we can work something out.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OCG9pT3FOAkOLGQ_4frOuw6AA4F3vUi8-aM1pmMPta8/edit?usp=sharing
