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Awarding XP for combat encounters in Dnd 4e
I am a very inexperienced DM. I have here what must be an obvious question, but I can't seem to find any solid clarification.
How is XP rewarded after a combat encounter? Is the total monsters' XP ...
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Average experience per encounter for a two person party?
I have been playing Dungeons and Dragons for a while now as a player. I've recently started up a new game that I am DMing. I am going to run the Kobold Hall adventure for starters. The problem I have ...
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How much experience should a PC be worth?
Long story short, I'm about to betray my party (by trying to kill them). Assuming they defeat me, how much experience should they get? I am a level 14 Drow Psion.
Edit: Not sure if this will change ...
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How should I budget for ally/third party NPCs in 4e combats?
I've done a few combats recently where the PCs and their enemies were not the only participants in the fight. I wasn't sure how to budget XP in this case.
In the case of an NPC ally I see two ...
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How does a DM deal with characters leveling up too quickly for the module, due to side-quests/ random encounters?
My group and I are playing the Thunderspire Labryinth adventure for 4th edition, levels 4-6, and our DM added in a lot cool side-quests and random encounters. The only problem is that now we are ...
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Is there a formula to calculate level given experience?
I have a spreadsheet that tracks the XP for our group and I've gotten tired of manually looking up how much xp is needed for the next level.
I'd much prefer if there was a formula I could put on the ...
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What's a good way to use treasure XP in 4th edition?
I've been incorporating some houserules to give my 4e game a more old-school feel, as I would probably be running a 1e game if my players didn't love having powers so much.
One thing I'd love to do ...
