Shattered Kingdoms

hi pantheon/players of sk

can we consider having a regular bonus exp turn on with/without grp

obviously we don't know what goes on in the pantheon but it's been a long time since we had our grp

i like grps they are awesome i would log on just to participate

similarly, i like the bonus exp, i may not necessarily play a new character but others will and it is fun


say bi-weekly, on the weekend? or other options, by player request

good things about this:
- play more sk motivation/interest
- will most likely generate more votes
- bring more activity/pcount
- meet a lot of people on weekend
- overall a result of more players and higher retention


thanks for your consideration

This would be great for leveling up characters real quick, but I can see it being a detriment to long termed characters because it would be so easy to level up a new character that people would have less incentive to stick to their characters in the long run.

What I cannot stand is how low charisma characters level at a slower rate than those with high charisma. I cannot understand why being charismatic would give you more XP than a non charismatic character. High charisma only benefits tribunal characters, and classes who depend on quick order lag from pets, like scouts and warlocks. If you maximize it just to level but don't actually need it in the long run it's a huge waste of stat points, and if you don't, you spend a hell of a lot longer leveling.

I wish all classes leveled at a "sociable" rate and any additional charisma still affected order lag and perhaps bonuses to other things but I don't think there should be a stat to increase the rate of leveling.

What, no. Ugly people should have an xp penalty. I also get a lot of use out of having high charisma on my mercenary, and before that on my hellion.

The problem is that low cha characters like barbs and mercs can kill a lot more things a lot faster, thus earning more XPs. If you rely on spells, you're generally killing fewer things because you're resting more often and spells take longer. I can level a barb or merc of any variety to veteran in 7-8 hours.

This is offset by:
charisma bonus
healing bonus
less XP spent on training skills

Terrus' issue could be fixed just by adjusting how CHA mods work.

Also, CHA has nothing to do with what your character looks like.

For those of you who still don't get it... group bonus is so much more important than all three of those combined.

Seriously -- level with a friend, and you'll cut your time in half.

Concur

[REDACTED]. This is based off of the presidential debates of Kennedy and Nixon, and there have been a lot of work that has gone into this. That's why politicians try to have great haircuts, and look great. It's *part* of charisma, even if it isn't the whole package.

Pretty well every game system out there that uses the CHA stat includes as at least a part of the stat's description its relevance to appearance.

I hate DMs that try to split another stat from CHA into COMELINESS or ATTRACTIVENESS.

Whatever.