Am I calculating XP properly?

[gfunk]

Thanks for the help guys, quick question:

[I have a party of 4 PCs (3 4th level, 1 3rd)]

Let's say that they beat four "standard" kuo-toa (CR 2). Does this mean that I consult the DMG XP table and look at average party level 3 (rounding down) and then look at CR2, multiply by four (for four KT) and divide by four (for the number of party members)?

Thanks!

 

[Caliber]

You are dead on with your calculations.

As a side note, in the FR there is an alternate system where every character's Xp totals is calculated seperately.

Essentially, you would award the 3rd level character the Xp a 3rd level party would gain, and the 4th level party members the Xp a 4th level party would gain. This speeds up low level characters, and helps to even out the levels among a diverse party.

 

[Crothian]

As a side note, in the FR there is an alternate system where every character's Xp totals is calculated seperately.

Essentially, you would award the 3rd level character the Xp a 3rd level party would gain, and the 4th level party members the Xp a 4th level party would gain. This speeds up low level characters, and helps to even out the levels among a diverse party.

This is the way I do things. Sometimes you have people miss a session and then they get behind in XP. The players seem to like it as well, so any rule we can all agree gets used fast.

 

[Caliber]

I agree. While generally I do not play in the Realms very much (I just don't really have a lot of Realms lore) I think that Xp variant to be great. My players all like it, and so it makes me happy.