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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peter Gibbons" data-source="post: 2710015" data-attributes="member: 35541">When I am the DM, I make sure to provide plenty of downtime.  Not only is it essential for certain character types (wizards, anyone with item creation feats, etc.), but it promotes a certain realism, IMO.  I detest the "seven levels in seven days" effect that seems to be endemic in 3e campaigns.Currently, however, I'm not the DM, and we have leveled seven times in about two weeks game-time.  Not coincidentally, I'm playing a character who doesn't need any downtime, but it's been a real problem for the ones who do.  We've adopted the optional Craft Points rules from Unearthed Arcana to (at least partially) address this issue.In every 3e campaign I've played in, I have wished for more downtime.  Every.  Single.  One.I would not give out XP during downtime.  That would contradict the very nature of downtime, if you ask me.</blockquote>