Story awards for experience points
Given the very slow rate of PvP combat I'd like to be able to reward players for things other than defeating monsters, such as playing out a courtroom scene. I want to create a set of "story award" guidelines for how to hand out experience points in my heavily houseruled D&D 3.5e campaign. I realize I'm free to create anything I like, but I'd appreciate learning from the experience of other 3.5e players and DMs. Or from any system that uses experience points in the hundreds to thousands range, really.
Do any of the rest of you give XP for accomplishing story goals, and what sort of guidelines did you use?
Do you give "roleplaying awards" for individual players or do you view that as unfair to people who are less articulate?
If you use a "milestone" system for raising levels, what sort of guidelines do you use for that? I personally prefer something more XP-for-roll/role-playing" than milestones but I'm prepared to learn from those who do use them.
Do any of the rest of you give XP for accomplishing story goals, and what sort of guidelines did you use?
Do you give "roleplaying awards" for individual players or do you view that as unfair to people who are less articulate?
If you use a "milestone" system for raising levels, what sort of guidelines do you use for that? I personally prefer something more XP-for-roll/role-playing" than milestones but I'm prepared to learn from those who do use them.