Calculating XP drives me crazy

[Steverooo]

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[Herobizkit]

Piratecat,

It boggles my mind why you'd even want to use an XP system.

I doubt this helps, but I've opted for the True20 way to handle levelling. Every three sessions (or at the end of a story arc), everyone goes up a level. Yay!

For people who want to make magic items, let them. Don't charge any XP, but use the old AD&D1 creation times. Make them wait half a year for their +3 keen holy greatsword and see if they still want to bother making one.

As for "penalizing" players that die, surely death is its own punishment. Best solution I've come up with: Raise Dead and Resurrection are not available IMC... Reincarnation is a PC's only option for coming back from the dead. In addition, I've opted for the Wizard/Cleric Reincarnation tables found in the AD&D2 Humanoid's Handbook. Makes for much more interesting reincarnations than the boring ol' 3.x Druid one.

 

[Ximix]

So . . . How is this working out PC? You mentioned that Sagiro is also running this in his campaign, can we get either or both of your sage opinions please?

I will meekly add that my homebrew uses this (admittedly simplistic) solution:
I do not use EXP, I grant levels to PC's for every 4-5 sessions the player attends.
Yes this makes uneven levelling... I feel it encourages player attendance and it seems to work for my group. I also use training time but only if the character gains a new spell level or feat. This is fine as I adjust the awarding of levels to fit down time.
Truly incongruous levelling is up to the PC to work out with the other characters when they will train.

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Hero Points (HP) are awarded to each PC 1 per session (only if Player attends session - awarded at beginning of session).
A Bonus HP is awarded for exceptionally well played actions, RP or as DM sees fit. This is unusual but on average about 1 per 2 sessions, though this is increasing in frequency as my players get more comfortable with their characters. (see below)
At the end of every session a "Role Playing Award" of 1 HP is awarded. This is voted on by the players with me giving the tie breaker if necessary (even # of players that session)
HP can be used:
1: to adjust roll by + or - d6 or to reroll dice.
2: " " d10
3: + or - 10
4: + or - 20 (not natural)
5: natural 1 or 20
HP carry over levels.
HP can be used to help adjacent PC's on a 1:2 basis. Thus the sneaky gnome actually won the battle last week as he pumped 10 HP into the 1/2 Orc Barbarian to adjust his missed roll to a Nat20 for a killing crit before dropping into unconsciousness. We won't mention that the gnome then looted the barbarian LOL.

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Item creation is as RPGA suggested 75% of book item cost. We have only done one item (a wand) and we role played it. This may be more cumbersome at later levels but I tend to run low level stuff, squeezing as much excitement from a giant lizard with this group as I've ever managed with my old (Experienced) group in Tomb of Horrors. *shrug* It works, for now.

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Death is pretty serious in my campaign. I do use negative levels. I also use the god-gives-quest concept in that whichever diety grants the Raise Dead or Resurection the PC may fulfill the quest to erase all effects of the return from beyond.
I tend to be very careful about Negative Energy, especially in mobs that can bestow them with attacks.

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I am intrigued with the idea of using the CHA modifier to adjust + or - a set number of HP each level gained. My reasoning is, unlike your more sophisticated gamers, my players are all in their second campaign at best, 4 of the 7 are first timers. My one Paladin in the first campaign is my one Sorceress in the second. She can see a lot of the potential in the classes but she has yet to figure out the finer points. Most see CHA (and CHA based classes) as useless. I do have a Bard in this second campaign . . . but he's my most unreliable player
I would also use a -2 to COM and CHA until removed by either quest or Greater Restoration.
(Yes, I use Comeliness lol, it is a player assigned stat within 6 of their CHA heheh)

Annnnyhow, sorry for the rant, I meant to simply ask how the posted system was working out.
Thanks for your time.

X