Influence Growth

[Kenneth Ashland]

Was reading the ECC site, and it says:

"The storytellers will award you a growth in influence if your characters actions are successful."

I have yet to officially try this, but, am I to understand that if you outline to/scene with the STs your actions in order to increase your pull in any particular Influence realm, they will "gift" you with the next level of Influence, or is this merely a justification for you to spend the XP to "buy" the next level?

Thanks!

[Squirrels / Constant]

This would be the ST's saying you have the right to purchase the next level of X influence due to your actions.

[Chilli]

That's just lame.

[Squirrels / Constant]

The counterpoint to you thinking it's just lame is me asking should they be free dots?

If I spend time getting pummeled, should I get Fortitude for free? Or a free dot of Stamina?

If I practice singing do I get a free dot of performance?

Not at all. Everything needs a story though as to the hows and whys...with influence, your story can come from using other influence to "Grow" it, OR by going out and doing something that could give you access to that influence to make it buyable.

[Kenneth Ashland]

Agreed. But, maybe the text of the rule can be revised to remove the ambiguity?

[Squirrels / Constant]

Hey Webmonkey! I've got a juicy Banana here for you!

[Webmonkey]

What text would ya like sir?

[Webmonkey]

"The storytellers will award you a growth in influence if your characters actions are successful."

to

"The storytellers will allow you to purchase the next level of influence if your characters actions are successful."

[Kenneth Ashland]

w00t!

That's kinda like your average schlub getting the Constitution amended.

Go me! ;D

[Webmonkey]

Grow - In order for your character's
Influences to grow, your character
must make IC actions relevant to
their influences growth.

The storytellers will allow you to
purchase the next level of influence
if your characters actions are successful.

"Sorry man, I gotta little meeting to
go to you know? A couple of boys need
to see me about a little thing. Don't
worry though, I have a feeling they'll
come 'round to our way of thinking soon."


Also updated the Defend influence action
to clearly reflect how defend actions work:

Defend -The counter to Attack.
Spend a number of traits on Defend.
Any Attacks made against your
influence must then overcome your
Defense trait and your standard
influence traits to be successful.

Influence traits left in an unused
state are assumed to automatically
have a defense value of 1 level per
trait. Spending those traits to
actively defend effectively DOUBLES
the total defense of the influence.
(So a person with 5 levels of an
influence who is spending them all
to defend has an effective defense
rating of 10 traits.)

"I knew there was a reason I
waited to close that deal. Have the
lawyers get to work on this at once.
I want these bastards so tied up in
red tape that they have no choice
but to back off."

[Kenneth Ashland]

"Influence traits in left in an unused
state..."

I think you left in an extra "in" in that sentence.

[Joseph Mayek]

Ya beat me to it, damn. Extra in is understandable. Influences, in, increase. All the in's sticking in the mind

[Webmonkey]

D'oh!

[Joseph Mayek]

That reminds me. I think the Simpson's started in the late 80's too

[Chilli]

I still like getting stuff for free.

And by that I don't mean getting my ass handed to me on a rusty dinette dish by ST's.

[Squirrels / Constant]

Hello no Bill, we charge for that.

Free...bah. We charge BIG to kill your PCs.

You just don't know the fee until it's to late!