With the influx of new players recently (woohoo!!!!), I've noticed a lot of folks (myself included) dashing around trying to come up with some decent starting gear while answering as many of their questions as possible.
Now, I realize we have a great resource in Insula for new players to dig through, and I wouldn't want it's value to be diminished, but would there be any interest from current players to contribute to New Player Starter Bags? Crusean and I were tossing ideas around this morning, and we both agreed we wouldn't want to diminish a new player's experience by giving them powerful stuff, but at least something to keep them alive through their first couple forays into the wilds.
So this is what we are thinking of including, and please add items if you think of them.
A 60s to 70s resist suit, if the LRC suit included in a new player's bag doesn't have these resists.
A Cities Runebook
A Low-level Monsters Runebook
A single weapon, imbued one time with a hit property
I know Pandora already gives them a superb starting kit, but in getting a new player ready to hit the field, most of us try to do at least some of these things for them.
Taking the idea a step further, I'm also wondering if one of our incredibly talented GMs would be able to perhaps place a chest in Luna or Insula that a new player could drop a claim ticket into to receive their bag, OR have the chest accessible to certain players, so the bags can be handed out as needed.
I wouldn't particularly want the items to be spawned into the chest, or into a player's pack, as I would rather we all take some responsibility for helping to strengthen our community, and the act of contributing to the fund (whatever items on the list somebody can contribute) might go a long way toward retention of new players.
What I'm wondering, is, is there enough need for something like this to make it worthwhile, and is there enough interest in contributing to the cause to make it feasible?
Please let me know what you think, and what other items may or may not be good to include.
Now, I realize we have a great resource in Insula for new players to dig through, and I wouldn't want it's value to be diminished, but would there be any interest from current players to contribute to New Player Starter Bags? Crusean and I were tossing ideas around this morning, and we both agreed we wouldn't want to diminish a new player's experience by giving them powerful stuff, but at least something to keep them alive through their first couple forays into the wilds.
So this is what we are thinking of including, and please add items if you think of them.
A 60s to 70s resist suit, if the LRC suit included in a new player's bag doesn't have these resists.
A Cities Runebook
A Low-level Monsters Runebook
A single weapon, imbued one time with a hit property
I know Pandora already gives them a superb starting kit, but in getting a new player ready to hit the field, most of us try to do at least some of these things for them.
Taking the idea a step further, I'm also wondering if one of our incredibly talented GMs would be able to perhaps place a chest in Luna or Insula that a new player could drop a claim ticket into to receive their bag, OR have the chest accessible to certain players, so the bags can be handed out as needed.
I wouldn't particularly want the items to be spawned into the chest, or into a player's pack, as I would rather we all take some responsibility for helping to strengthen our community, and the act of contributing to the fund (whatever items on the list somebody can contribute) might go a long way toward retention of new players.
What I'm wondering, is, is there enough need for something like this to make it worthwhile, and is there enough interest in contributing to the cause to make it feasible?
Please let me know what you think, and what other items may or may not be good to include.