Re: [DL] 2 Questions about Chips

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 11:50  AM, Lorgryt wrote:

> Another answer is that if it is the end of the night/adventure hand 
> out 14 bounty points instead of 2 red and 4 blue chips.  As a wise man 
> once said, "Since when was life fare?"  Or, "Sucks for them!"  It does 
> keep the chip problem down. 
> DO ENFORCE THE CHIP MAXIMUM!  Otherwise the players will pull of 
> things like jumping off a trestle to a dry river bed, soaking up 4 
> levels of the maiming damage to their legs, just because they wanted 
> to be first to the wreck.  That kind of "John Wo-ing" may seem fun, 
> but it gets out of hand fast.

I enforce the limit at the end of an adventure... Not a huge issue, but 
some of my home-brews especially have been known to start with a bang, 
so some posse members had been known to hoard chips. I've still got one 
who's been holding on to a legend chip for a long time. I think he's 
afraid to use it...