A Stalemate in Combat

[Bartmanhomer]

What happens if there a draw in battle?

 

[Crothian]

that is sort of up to the people invoilved. They can retreat and try to get the upper hand later, or just stop and go on their merry way.

If you are referrring to XP generated, then I may grant some depending on the specifics.

 

[Jdvn1]

Could you describe such a situation? Do both parties live or do both parties die? Usually, it's all or nothing.

 

[Bartmanhomer]

that is sort of up to the people invoilved. They can retreat and try to get the upper hand later, or just stop and go on their merry way.

If you are referrring to XP generated, then I may grant some depending on the specifics.

XP generated? How does that work?

 

[Tonguez]

XP generated? How does that work?

You get XP for overcoming challenges - so the DM needs to determine if a draw is 'overcoming the challenge' anything else is down to guesswork

As to the results I'd either have the combatants withdraw or begin a round of diplomacy checks (with lots of circumstance modifiers) to see whether the formerly hostile situation has moved up to indifferent (or even friendly!)

 

[sfedi]

I'd grant half XP to both sides.

As if they had "half-defeated" each other.

 

[Bront]

Flip the Halfling. Heads you win, tails you loose.

 

[werk]

Flip the Halfling. Heads you win, tails you loose.

I guess that depends on the halfling

 

[Crothian]

XP generated? How does that work?

XP Awarded, XP earned...different phrasing for the same thing, see DMG