Questions tagged [experience-points]
For questions pertaining to "experience points" or any other kind of point gained during play and used to "level up" or otherwise permanently increase a character's abilities.
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What is a typical Renown reward per game?
For years I played Werewolf the Apocalypse, but we never bothered to track Renown, because it was complex and a bit confusing. There's three and a half pages of example rewards and penalties, but ...
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How to manage XP in non-combat missions
So I'm creating my first D&D 5e campaign and I want there to be an even balance between combat and non-combat with a slight bias to the non-combat style of missions. However I'm unsure about how ...
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Does a PC who was KO'd earn experience for that combat?
A friend of mine's character just died, and as we chatted he lamented all the bad luck he had over the course of the campaign. One thing that stuck out (other than his death being at the hands of a ...
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Do summoned creatures give extra experience points, or are they part of the summoner's XP?
Let's say we fight a dretch worth 600 XP. That dretch summons 2 more dretches, each usually also worth 600 XP. If we defeat all three dretches, would we get 600 XP or 1800 XP?
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Non-Combat XP, with combat later
Assume there is a troll guarding a bridge (for all bridges need trolls). Instead of attacking the troll, the party found some intrigue way of bypassing the encounter. I'm happy with it and award them ...
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How to handle experience point distribution for inconstant group size?
Two of out of four party member are inconsistently participating due to their jobs. Up till now that was not a problem for us since we were playing self made adventures but now we start Wrath of the ...
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Awarding XP when a player guesses an NPC's motivations
Recently, whilst playing the 5e starter set with a fairly novice group, a player correctly guessed an NPC's motivations. She passed a wisdom check that gave her an inkling the NPC was hiding something....
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What is the reason behind "one level at a time" level advancement in D&D? [closed]
During the answering to this question about large experience point gains getting truncated -- when a single XP award would raise a character more than one level at a time -- the following question ...
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Do you lose or keep your experience when you lose levels?
I was playing 1st Edition D&D not long ago. We had a case where our ranger broke a door down and charged into a room with two wraiths that sucked both his levels out of him, which killed him.
I ...
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Why is the experience point progression in 5th edition D&D uneven? [duplicate]
Fifth edition D&D's experience progression is linear for the first few levels, then takes on an approximately parabolic relationship as shown in the graph on the lower left. However, the amount of ...
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What is the CR calculation for an NPC with class levels?
I found this related question: What is the CR/XP-Character Level relationship for opponents? but it was asked before the DMG was released and it does not appear to have been updated to include ...
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How do you calculate experience rewards for defeating NPCs with class levels?
So, We were recently fighting a "monster" wich was using a playable race (no LA) and had levels in druid. How does one calculate exp for this?
I was also fighting a vampire, at what stage do you use ...
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How long should it take my players to level up from 5 to 6?
I've been running 5E for some friends, and after probably 10 or so sessions, we have yet to level from 5th to 6th (we started at 5th). I'm seriously considering just switching over to "Leveling when ...
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Can PCs gain XP from “defeating” an enemy who actually just used Feign Death?
I have a NPC who, when is about to be killed, uses Feign Death just before it is killed. As the point is to trick the players, do they gain XP for its death or not? And if so, the full amount or less?
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Can a character gain two levels with the same encounter?
We played with the Deck of Many Things last night and a character drew the card that gives you 50000 XP. The character was 14 and the XP amount was enough for him to gain the next two levels. 15 and ...
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Experience point calculation for encounters
I am likely missing something very obvious but I cannot find a reliable way to figure out how much XP to give my players for encounters anywhere, currently I'm using a factor of 5 encounters of a ...
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Does a True Polymorphed player character continue to gain experience?
Suppose a 5th-level human wizard (let's call her Morgan) is subject to true polymorph, and the spell becomes permanent. While polymorphed, Morgan remains with the party and contributes to adventures. ...
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Can I get Experience Points from defeating a Phoenix?
As AD&D's Phoenix never dies, can you ever get experience points for defeating it?
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My party bypassed a combat encounter. Should they still get XP?
Some thug bandits set up a road block on the main road to extract a toll from passersby. It was twilight when my party encountered them. They used the Rogue to scout ahead, and they ultimately decided ...
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What determines how much XP I reward each session?
I know that if characters role play toward their motivation they should get 5xp for it but generally are there any other guidelines for awarding xp regarding combat or story objectives?
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When an enemy is defeated, who in the party gains experience? [duplicate]
When a character kills an enemy, do only they get the experience, or does everyone in the whole group get the experience?
That is, does it matter who made the last hit that took the enemy down?
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Can a normal, unaltered animal gain battle experience and levels?
I and a group of friends are starting a Pathfinder campaign, and I plan to play a halfling dog rider just for the fun of it. There is one big problem : I don't plan to play any class with an animal ...
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How to split up experience with a party of differing levels?
As a sort of continuation to this question, how should experience be distributed in a party of varying levels?
In the basic rules for creating an encounter, it poses the scenario of 1 bugbear and 3 ...
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Is XP divided among PCs or does each PC get the whole amount? [duplicate]
I'm confused about what exp to award my players after a battle.
The party fought 22 bandits in 7 waves, that makes 550 exp. The book is clear about how to calculate the XP for difficulty purposes ...
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A technical problem about Encounter Levels
I have a question on how to give the correct experience to my party.
In the first fight they had:
6 x Skeletons (6 x CR 1/3 = EL 2)
1 x Ogre Skel. (CR 3)
1 x Level 2 Cleric (CR 2)
2 x Gnoll (2 x CR 1 ...
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Can the XP loss from the death or dismissal of a Familiar cause you to lose a level?
From the SRD
If the familiar dies or is dismissed by the sorcerer, the sorcerer must attempt a DC 15 Fortitude saving throw. Failure means he loses 200 experience points per sorcerer level; success ...
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If my team-mate absorbs a creature we have been fighting, will the rest of the party still gain EXP?
My DM is playing a DMPC along with our party, as well as the standard DM role.
During an encounter, his PC absorbed a gelatinous cube, and is saying that because it was not a true kill, the rest of ...
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How should I reward xp to my players in my game of Dark Heresy in Stars Without Number? [closed]
I'm about to start running a game of Stars Without Number hacked to play Dark Heresy. My players will be creating their characters in a few days. But in my hack, I have so far not a word on what they ...
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How to assign exp for indirect kills
During the last session, my players sneaked into a camp at night. A lot of enemies (several tens) were resting in their tents. My players managed to set fire to the tents without being caught and so ...
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Why does the experience-to-next-level not change between some levels?
At every level from 1st to 11th, the experience needed to reach the next level (from the current level) increases every level. However, this pattern gets broken for most of the later levels:
Going ...
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XP for Immolators using Burns Twice as Bright
I'm a GM of a party that includes an Immolator. The player has expressed interest in Burns Twice as Bright with his next level up. In order to be prepared, I want to know how I should grant him XP ...
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In Roll For Shoes, can XP be used immediately after receiving it?
I recently found the game Roll to See if I Have Shoes On and decided to give it a try.
There is something I was wondering though, can XP be used immediately after receiving it?
Consider the ...
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Does multiclassing have an effect on exp/levelling up?
My understanding of the multiclassing system is a little vague, so I wanted to clarify. If I was to use multiclassing to level up, and increase my overall level, how does the exp get dispersed between ...
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Are there negative impacts to having characters advance at different rates?
It's my first time running a campaign (D&D 3.5), and I'm trying to figure out how to assign XP to the players.
I am used to playing in games where everyone gets exactly the same XP, whether they ...
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Experience Awards For Role-Playing; Should I keep it?
When I GM, I award bonus experience for roleplaying. My intent is to promote roleplaying from my players, who occasionally fail to remember that it's a 'roleplaying game.' It's generally a small ...
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How do I spend XP in Savage Worlds?
How do you spend XP in a Savage Worlds game? Can they be spent to improve skills and traits, and/or to gain new edges?
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Determining "level" of an NPC ally for purpose of budgeting encounter XP
Hypothetical party:
1st level human wizard (PC)
3x guard NPC
1x acolyte NPC
This is the player's first time, and it's a solo campaign. The first mini-adventure involves recovering the cargo of a ...
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Is the XP for an encounter split among the party members or not?
At this point, I am unclear as to how to handle encounter XP. Does each surviving party member receive a proportional share, or the full amount?
That is, assume a 4-character party had completed an ...
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Are there alternative ways to gain XP?
As a new DM I'm wondering Is there's such a thing as noncombat experience? For example, can PCs gain xp from finding and disabling traps, discovering secret doors, or solving puzzles? What would be ...
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Is there a standard way of calculating XP when the characters are in no immediate danger?
Awarding experience points in D&D is usually scaled with the difficulty of a task, this most often boils down to comparing the levels of the players with the levels of their enemies, and adjusting ...
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Does XP allocation double as a catch-up mechanic?
The D&D 3.5e DMG has the following for giving out exp:
To determine the XP award for an encounter, follow these steps.
Determine each character’s level. Don’t forget to account for ECL (see ...
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How much experience points should be given to create rank 2 characters?
A starting character receives 40 xp to purchases skills, advantage and rings.
How much experience should be given to players in order to create balanced rank 2 characters ?
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How does looting treasures worth legend points work?
Earthdawn rewards player when they best an opponent with legend points.
It also rewards them legend points when they loot "treasures" (e.g., Crackbill necks).
Am I right that they won't ...
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Awarding Experience in RoleMaster
I want to smooth out some of the ways experience is earned in RM (original rules) as it seems a little unstable IMHO.
Basically, you can get experience for killing, travelling, casting spells and ...
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Why don't players get extra xp for large encounters?
Based on the table Encounter XP Multipliers from the Basic Rules' DM section, Page 57, when you're building encounters in 5E, you include an XP modifier depending on the number of creatures your PCs ...
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How should I divide Party Monster XP witha 2nd lvl fighter and a 6th lvl fighter in the party
I had 2 new players join my group. They are now 2nd lvl. My highest lvl player is a 6th lvl fighter. I have a large party of 10, 7 PCs, 3 NPCs. The XP for a CR 3 is 600 for a 6th lvl character and ...
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Where do I find how much XP is required to level up?
I was looking through the Dungeon Master's Guide and I'm having trouble finding a table on how much XP is required for the player characters to level up. Which page is it on, or is it in one of the ...
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How much experience does a cleric get when he Turns Undead?
Is there a standard amount of XP given to a cleric who is successful at Turning Undead?
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Does 5e address the murderhobos problem?
In DnD 3.5, the system by default only gives significant XP for killing things (monsters, vermin, shopkeepers, etc), which often leads to player characters becoming "murderhobos" in an ...
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What changes between 2E and 3E D&D, if any, made standard XP progression appropriate?
In editions of Dungeons & Dragons up to and including AD&D 2E, each class has its own progression rate, so that at 3,000 XP you could have a level 2 fighter, or a level 3 thief. In 3E, 4E, ...
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