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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rystil Arden" data-source="post: 2076424" data-attributes="member: 29014"><p>I also give the PCs less than the stated XP in the DMG for encounters they defeat, although unlike some of the other DMs, I never give them more than half.  This is partly because the PCs are very good at taking care of difficult encounters, so if I did give full XP, they would level up once every few battles (for instance, if they fought a group of equally-levelled NPCs 4 times, in my opinion the most interesting sort of battle, they would all get more than enough XP to reach the next level if nothing is done about this, and since NPCs generally have half the magic gear of PCs, the PCs have a strong edge in a fight against equally-levelled NPCs), if they were working at it.  As it is, they still level up in fewer than 14 or 15 battles , although that may be because there are relatively few battles lately, broken up by exploration and exposition.</p></blockquote><p></p>