The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Next on the docket: The immorality of Monsters providing XP.

That hasn't been a thing in quite some time. In WotC D&D, you get XP for overcoming challenges.

The folks who overcome villains in Prismeer by their wits and diplomacy get just as much as the people who stab everything to death.

 

[Scribe]

That hasn't been a thing in quite some time. In WotC D&D, you get XP for overcoming challenges.

The folks who overcome villains in Prismeer by their wits and diplomacy get just as much as the people who stab everything to death.

I know there are other options.

 

[payn]

The folks who overcome villains in Prismeer by their wits and diplomacy get just as much as the people who stab everything to death.

Monsters as XP vs encounters as XP?

 

[Ryujin]

I seem to recall that in 1e you got 50% experience for creatures that were defeated, but not killed, as per the DMG.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

I seem to recall that in 1e you got 50% experience for creatures that were defeated, but not killed, as per the DMG.

That's something I think I remember as well. It was causing post-fight beheading of everything in my (teenage) group. Actually, it might have been because we were teenagers, but I think nowadays I'd justify it in-world. "Do not forget to finish off the fallen and fleeing, because you'll soon be stronger if noone escape your wrath", Sith-way. But it would be tongue in cheek.

 

[Ryujin]

That's something I think I remember as well. It was causing post-fight beheading of everything in my (teenage) group. Actually, it might have been because we were teenagers, but I think nowadays I'd justify it in-world. "Do not forget to finish off the fallen and fleeing, because you'll soon be stronger if noone escape your wrath", Sith-way. But it would be tongue in cheek.

In my later 1e DM years I made sure to tell people that choosing to avoid a fight could net them as much experience as the fight, itself. I wanted creative problem solving. Most things devolved to hack & slash anyway

 

[J.Quondam]

This Stupid Life, the RPG.
Session #17,878 (excerpt)

PC#1: (holds up misshapen gray brick covered in frost)
PC#1: What's this?
PC#2: Maybe stew meat? It got a label?
PC#1: Can't read it. Date looks like... umm... 3 years ago, I think.
PC#2: It look okay?
PC#1: I guess it looks okay.
PC#2: It smell okay?
PC#1: Can't really smell it. Think it's okay?
PC#2: We'll use it for stew. It's probably okay.
PC#1: Umm... okay.
Narrator: It wasn't okay.

 

[overgeeked]

Next on the docket: The immorality of Monsters providing XP.

Can’t wait for an honest conversation about the morality of playing games where the primary mode of play involves home invasions and mass murder.

 

[RealAlHazred]

Next on the docket: The immorality of Monsters providing XP.

There seem to be a great many people who think that XP should only be granted for actual monetary value acquired by the player character(s). I used to play with such a DM.

Me: "Okay, I get a job at the bank. That should be a lot of XP!"
Him: "Not like that."
Me: "Really...? I'd think you'd get a lot of actual experience that way. Okay, I organize a charity and collect from the townsfolk."
Him: "Not like that."
Me: "Hmmm... Making it real tough here. How about this: my character's much smarter than I am. What if he invents an improvement on ship technology and sells it for profit? That's definitely something that would give a lot of experience in real life!"
Him: "... You're not a good fit for this game."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Monsters as XP vs encounters as XP?

It's only encounters as XP. How people resolve the encounters is up to them.

(Cue the horny bard.)