For those who participated in the Children plot, I will be distributing goodies and XP during the next week.
My criteria for awards and XP:
The plot lasted a total of 30 hours of game time. Each player will receive XP based on the percentage of the total hours that they played. For every 2 hours of participation, a player will receive credit for one "session" of play time (which counts towards plot goodies).
Players received "bonus" hours of participation for good RP during the events, furthering the plot, and actions outside of the events (ie posting on the boards about the plot, PMs to the DM describing actions, etc). A further bonus was given for those that participated in 70% or more of the total hours. These bonus hours increased the XP reward and may have increased the value of any plot goodie.
My general rule is that to earn a plot goodie, a player must participate in at least 1/3 of the events. For this plot, this is measured by hours, not by separate events. Any player who accumulated 10 hours of playing time will receive a plot goodie.
Statistics for this plot:
Total hours: 30 (not counting several small events)
Number of different characters that participated: 34
Number that player played at least 10 hours: 12
Average number of played hours: 9
Total hours of life sucked out of the players by this plot: 287
Total number of bonus hours awarded: 32 (not included in the number above)
Number of players that participated in every event: 0
Number of players that received a participation bonus: 3
Most amount of hours accumulated by a character (including bonus hours): 42
NWN Toolset Gold Piece value of all goodies awarded: TBD