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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6235727" data-attributes="member: 177">You're half-right there.I'm sorry, but now you're just incorrect.  Perhaps it has been a while since you went over how XP was awarded in 3e?3e DMG, page 100, begins the section on "Encounters""As interesting as it is to talk about adventures (and the stories behind them) the game is really composed of encounters."  It then goes on to discuss encounters challenge ratings - remember that 3e doesn't give flat XP per monster, but gives a varying amount depending on the composite challenge rating of the encounter compared to the character's level...On Page 103, they go into "Rewards and Behavior", where they suggest encounters of different types: Combat, Negotiation, Environmental, Problem-Solving, Judgement Calls, and Investigation.On Page 165, begins the full Chapter Seven, on Rewards -"In order to give PCs experience points, you need to break the game down into encounters..."And a bit later on the very first page of the chapter they discuss how sneaking over a sleeping minotaur, rather than fighting it, can still get them the XP for the encounter.  Page 168 addresses giving Challenge Ratings for Noncombat Encounters.While ultimately what earned XP was up to the GM, encounters were central to XP in 3e, and the idea of giving XP for them even if there was no fighting solidly existed in 3e.</blockquote>