So my players managed via out side the box think to sink a sailing ship in a single round. So should I award xp based on the whole crew complement of the vessel or is there another way other GMs would suggest?
So my players managed via out side the box think to sink a sailing ship in a single round. So should I award xp based on the whole crew complement of the vessel or is there another way other GMs would suggest?
I would do it via the overall challenge you consider the ship to represent. Also, if they sank it via tactics, teamwork, and so on, I would bump it some. Alternately, include a more hefty IC reward--fame, etc.
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So my players managed via out side the box think to sink a sailing ship in a single round. So should I award xp based on the whole crew complement of the vessel or is there another way other GMs would suggest?
Was it their own ship?
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No challenge, no XP.
I'd hand out some nice storytelling eps.
Nope not their own ship. It was escorting another ship that they wanted to capture for plot reasons.
Nope not their own ship. It was escorting another ship that they wanted to capture for plot reasons.
Max result with the min effort. I'd reward it. If they had a brilliant idea, I don't see why you shouldn't reward them. This could be accomplished taking in accout a pair of things:
if you had set up the ship to be a challenge, so if they managed to sink or in other way rendered unable to escort, I'd give them the normal amount of xp you setted. In exchange I give them something in game. It could be a free teamwork feat, if it fit the work they'd done, or it could be some nice items. Maybe they manage to find some documents that give them the ownership of a ship, an house, or even a sailing company? I'd surely reward them, but with in play rewards, not xp. After all, they outsmarted you. It was a challenge, but you didn't foresight that way to beat them up, so they deserve a reward.Just for curiosity, could I know how they did?