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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 288157" data-attributes="member: 413">Re: Hordes and hordesIIRC (don't have my books with me either) this is not entirely true.&nbsp; The table doesn't have 0 XP for low level varmints dispatched by high level PCs.&nbsp; It has a * and notes that monsters that are 8 CRs below the party level don't work in the table and the DM is advised to provide either no XP or ad hoc XP based on the difficulty of the encounter.&nbsp; I could be wrong on this, though...If you think about it, that makes sense.&nbsp; Let's take an encounter with a Stone Giant (CR 8) and 100 orcs (each CR 1/2).&nbsp; This should be an EL 12 or 13.&nbsp; Of course, it probably isn't.&nbsp; It could be much easier or much harder...difficult to say(probably about an EL 11).&nbsp; One thing is clear is it is more difficult than an EL 8.&nbsp; So you give XP for the Giant normally and then adjust up by some percentage based on how much tougher the orcs made him.&nbsp; At least that's what I do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Uller, post: 288157, member: 413"] [b]Re: Hordes and hordes[/b] IIRC (don't have my books with me either) this is not entirely true. The table doesn't have 0 XP for low level varmints dispatched by high level PCs. It has a * and notes that monsters that are 8 CRs below the party level don't work in the table and the DM is advised to provide either no XP or ad hoc XP based on the difficulty of the encounter. I could be wrong on this, though... If you think about it, that makes sense. Let's take an encounter with a Stone Giant (CR 8) and 100 orcs (each CR 1/2). This should be an EL 12 or 13. Of course, it probably isn't. It could be much easier or much harder...difficult to say(probably about an EL 11). One thing is clear is it is more difficult than an EL 8. So you give XP for the Giant normally and then adjust up by some percentage based on how much tougher the orcs made him. At least that's what I do. [/QUOTE]

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