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<blockquote data-quote="Chupacabra" data-source="post: 3315963" data-attributes="member: 17708">After a two-session-long battle taking up about 7 hours total, my players caused the Big Bad Evil Guy to flee and bumped off a good deal of his minions.&nbsp; Now comes the XP awards.&nbsp; Obviously they get full XP for those minions who fell based on CR, and I know that you can get XP for &quot;defeating&quot; foes which does not necessarily mean killing them, but what should I give 'em for defeating the BBEG and his surviving minions?&nbsp; If I award them full xp, what if he and his forces come back in a month or so and get driven off or killed then, do the players get NO XP for that 2nd victory??I know there are &quot;story awards&quot; or &quot;goal awards&quot; of XP, and certainly the party will be entitled to that.&nbsp; They stopped the bad guy's plans, so they are getting XP in that respect.&nbsp; I'm just a little confused about what portion to give them of the BBEG's CR-based XP.&nbsp; Thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chupacabra, post: 3315963, member: 17708"] After a two-session-long battle taking up about 7 hours total, my players caused the Big Bad Evil Guy to flee and bumped off a good deal of his minions. Now comes the XP awards. Obviously they get full XP for those minions who fell based on CR, and I know that you can get XP for "defeating" foes which does not necessarily mean killing them, but what should I give 'em for defeating the BBEG and his surviving minions? If I award them full xp, what if he and his forces come back in a month or so and get driven off or killed then, do the players get NO XP for that 2nd victory?? I know there are "story awards" or "goal awards" of XP, and certainly the party will be entitled to that. They stopped the bad guy's plans, so they are getting XP in that respect. I'm just a little confused about what portion to give them of the BBEG's CR-based XP. Thanks. [/QUOTE]

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