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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 9323083" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>Well, that's because attrition-based games where you have 9 encounters per day are boring. 5-room dungeon or bust.</p><p></p><p>There's definitely some thought that has gone into the AD&D XP tables, notably how they doubleish at each of the early levels. You also have the druid table that goes into overdrive at around level 8, which I think is also where they have to start fighting for the right to level up.</p><p></p><p>Then of course you have latecomers who miss these things about the tables, and use the normal druid tables for Dark Sun (which doesn't have druidic societies) as well as specialty priests in FR ("Well, looking at these here early levels the druid needs more XP than a cleric, so we'll just copy that for the more powerful specialty priests.").</p><p></p><p>That said, there's a lot of voodoo in the 1e XP tables, but they are not completely random.</p><p></p><p>If I'm reading the tea-leaves right: yes and no. He's arguing for campaigns with many smaller adventures because then it's OK whenever it ends. If I end Princes of the Apocalypse after dealing with all four Haunted Keeps as well as the Temple of Howling Hatred and the Temple of the Crushing Wave, I'll have only accomplished a small part of the overall campaign and I know there's more to be done. But if I've done six separate modules and finished those, that's six accomplishments to my name and I don't leave anything hanging.</p><p></p><p>And that's a very real psychological thing. People who have issues getting things done are often told to split tasks into multiple smaller tasks. Instead of "Clean the house", turn it into "Wash the dishes", "Clean the table", "Vacuum the kitchen floor", "Clean out the junk from your couch", "Vacuum the living room", "Dust the bookshelves", and "Vacuum the bedroom floor". That way, should you run out of spoons and stop after washing the dishes and cleaning the table, well, at least you did two tasks. That feels much better than being at 28% of the task "Clean the house".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 9323083, member: 907"] Well, that's because attrition-based games where you have 9 encounters per day are boring. 5-room dungeon or bust. There's definitely some thought that has gone into the AD&D XP tables, notably how they doubleish at each of the early levels. You also have the druid table that goes into overdrive at around level 8, which I think is also where they have to start fighting for the right to level up. Then of course you have latecomers who miss these things about the tables, and use the normal druid tables for Dark Sun (which doesn't have druidic societies) as well as specialty priests in FR ("Well, looking at these here early levels the druid needs more XP than a cleric, so we'll just copy that for the more powerful specialty priests."). That said, there's a lot of voodoo in the 1e XP tables, but they are not completely random. If I'm reading the tea-leaves right: yes and no. He's arguing for campaigns with many smaller adventures because then it's OK whenever it ends. If I end Princes of the Apocalypse after dealing with all four Haunted Keeps as well as the Temple of Howling Hatred and the Temple of the Crushing Wave, I'll have only accomplished a small part of the overall campaign and I know there's more to be done. But if I've done six separate modules and finished those, that's six accomplishments to my name and I don't leave anything hanging. And that's a very real psychological thing. People who have issues getting things done are often told to split tasks into multiple smaller tasks. Instead of "Clean the house", turn it into "Wash the dishes", "Clean the table", "Vacuum the kitchen floor", "Clean out the junk from your couch", "Vacuum the living room", "Dust the bookshelves", and "Vacuum the bedroom floor". That way, should you run out of spoons and stop after washing the dishes and cleaning the table, well, at least you did two tasks. That feels much better than being at 28% of the task "Clean the house". [/QUOTE]
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