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<blockquote data-quote="Coredump" data-source="post: 2268570" data-attributes="member: 6939">I think the reverse is quite logical. Let me see if I can explain.Take someone that has flunked HS algebra, put him on a quiz bowl team with 3 Phd's. Tell them to solve a math problem as fast as they can.Who do you think will do the *very least* amount of help? Do you really think the the 'drop-out' will learn 'more'?OTOH, lets ignore that argument, and say that somehow they all &quot;learned the same amount&quot;, and lets arbitrarily say that is worth &quot;2000 math XP's&quot; Well the Phd's only earned enough to go up .15 of a level, while the drop-out earned enough to go up 1.0 levels. So even by giving the the 'same', the lower level gets 'more'.To give an example, I joined a SW D20 campaign as a 2nd level character, all of the rest were about 11th. In the combats, and even the non-combats, I did *much* less than the others. (lower BAB, fewer attacks, lower skills, etc.) But I was trying to help and participate, so the GM was nice (IMO) and gave out even XP. I still was going up a level every session for the first 3 sessions, and only took 2 sessions each for the next 2 levels. Now my character is 8th, and they are 13-14.So I am already doing much less than the others, yet going up levels *much* faster, it seems illogical to me that I should be getting even more XP.Does that make sense?[Note: I am not saying that it is right or wrong, just trying to explain the logic behind the option.]&nbsp;Yep, which is why I was going up a level after 1-2 encounters, instead of the normal 13.3333 (or whatever.) But I could have been getting 3/4 the XP and still been going up much faster.YMMV</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Coredump, post: 2268570, member: 6939"] I think the reverse is quite logical. Let me see if I can explain. Take someone that has flunked HS algebra, put him on a quiz bowl team with 3 Phd's. Tell them to solve a math problem as fast as they can. Who do you think will do the *very least* amount of help? Do you really think the the 'drop-out' will learn 'more'? OTOH, lets ignore that argument, and say that somehow they all "learned the same amount", and lets arbitrarily say that is worth "2000 math XP's" Well the Phd's only earned enough to go up .15 of a level, while the drop-out earned enough to go up 1.0 levels. So even by giving the the 'same', the lower level gets 'more'. To give an example, I joined a SW D20 campaign as a 2nd level character, all of the rest were about 11th. In the combats, and even the non-combats, I did *much* less than the others. (lower BAB, fewer attacks, lower skills, etc.) But I was trying to help and participate, so the GM was nice (IMO) and gave out even XP. I still was going up a level every session for the first 3 sessions, and only took 2 sessions each for the next 2 levels. Now my character is 8th, and they are 13-14. So I am already doing much less than the others, yet going up levels *much* faster, it seems illogical to me that I should be getting even more XP. Does that make sense? [Note: I am not saying that it is right or wrong, just trying to explain the logic behind the option.] Yep, which is why I was going up a level after 1-2 encounters, instead of the normal 13.3333 (or whatever.) But I could have been getting 3/4 the XP and still been going up much faster. YMMV [/QUOTE]

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