thread: 2009-05-04 : Dice and Cloud, the Death Threats thread
On 2009-05-05, Matt Wilson wrote:
Just a thought on all the ways arrows can be rightward pointing...
In Rolemaster, the first time you kill a monster, you get lots of XP.
The second time, you get a little less than that.
By like the fifth time you get a pittance.
It assumes that the character isn't learning as much by fighting the same thing over and over, but it also implies that the fiction involved isn't as interesting either. "Oh, another troll. Okay,*sigh* I'll get the oil and torches."
It's kinda neato.