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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kibbitz" data-source="post: 3063355" data-attributes="member: 3723">The thread 'When is an encounter beat?' got me thinking somehow about experience awards. I've not gamed in over 15 years, and even for the six or eight years of gaming I had, it was pretty much limited to either D&D, or my own homebrew ruleset (which I'm glad I don't have copies of anymore, but that's another story  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ). Back then, I found that I really didn't like the idea of calculating EXP awards based on treasure and kills and stuff and just gave out levels and improvements at key points in the campaign. I suppose I was (and still am somewhat) lazy with the math, though I didn't have any difficulty in doing it.I was... incredibly immature back then, so my games were pretty much about beating bigger and badder monsters and getting better loot to kill with. Definitely handed out way too much too quickly. Still, after thinking about this again, I must say that I'm not sure I'd not do the same again if I actually manage to find a group here and start GMing again. I'm okay with receiving EXP as per normal rules if I was a player, but as a GM, I'd probably plan out a rough campaign with an estimated start and end point with awards given after certain 'milestones'.Has anyone ever tried this as a GM? Or experienced this as a player? What are your opinions?</blockquote>

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