Eh, what? XP values and CR/EL are basically interchangeable in 3e (given a party of level X), and in 1e and 2e, XP values are wholly derived from the perceived power-level of a monster. So how is what you just said not edition-independant?ThirdWizard said:Not 100% edition-independent, because in 4e, it seems you can use XP values as a kind of point system to build encounters and gauge their relative difficulty through that.