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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3063737" data-attributes="member: 30035"><p>In the group I play in, most of the GMs do it your suggested way, I think, kibbitz. I've never really asked any of them how they calclulate XP. </p><p></p><p>I do know that one GM awards the XP to the group as a whole and then divides it by the number of PCs in the group. He doesn't want anyone to fall behind, and worrying about penalizing players who don't pull their weight is just too much effort. I expect he does take the published XP recommendations into consideration, but I suspect he also probably uses something similar to the method of awarding XP based on fulfilling goals that sjmiller mentions. And the players never know what their XP totals are; the GMs just tell us when it's time to level up. We also only level up between game sessions; the only thing level-wise that occurs during an actual session is rolling for hit points. </p><p></p><p>Recently we started a campaign with another GM who likes to run modules and awards XP based on what it says in the module. He also awards XP in mid-session sometimes and has us level up right then if we've reached the appropriate totals. He's the only GM I play with who makes the players keep track of their own XP. Being accustomed to the other method, I don't much care for his style as regards XP awards and leveling up. You might want to talk to your players about how they're accustomed to getting XP and leveling up; if you try something very different from what they're used to they may not care for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 3063737, member: 30035"] In the group I play in, most of the GMs do it your suggested way, I think, kibbitz. I've never really asked any of them how they calclulate XP. I do know that one GM awards the XP to the group as a whole and then divides it by the number of PCs in the group. He doesn't want anyone to fall behind, and worrying about penalizing players who don't pull their weight is just too much effort. I expect he does take the published XP recommendations into consideration, but I suspect he also probably uses something similar to the method of awarding XP based on fulfilling goals that sjmiller mentions. And the players never know what their XP totals are; the GMs just tell us when it's time to level up. We also only level up between game sessions; the only thing level-wise that occurs during an actual session is rolling for hit points. Recently we started a campaign with another GM who likes to run modules and awards XP based on what it says in the module. He also awards XP in mid-session sometimes and has us level up right then if we've reached the appropriate totals. He's the only GM I play with who makes the players keep track of their own XP. Being accustomed to the other method, I don't much care for his style as regards XP awards and leveling up. You might want to talk to your players about how they're accustomed to getting XP and leveling up; if you try something very different from what they're used to they may not care for it. [/QUOTE]
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