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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 6757647" data-attributes="member: 6801286">Players often split the party, it simply happens. And when it does, chances are that some players get into a fight and earn exp, when others do not. And then the players that miss out lament that fact, and they may feel encouraged to look for trouble just to get into a fight, and catch up on exp. I don't think the idea of personal experience levels is good for role playing. I don't want my players to be upset when combat happens and their character isn't there. But because I use party-wide exp, I can now choose to allow absent players to temporarily take control of an npc and still take part in the fight. Once combat is over, their original character still earns exp from it, even thought they were playing the part of the npc during the fight. I don't want game mechanics to steer the role playing actions of my players towards combat. I don't want them to feel encouraged to solve everything with violence, just because that will allow them to catch up on the exp levels of their fellow players. I think party wide experience is objectively better, and it amazes me that this isn't a core rule yet.</blockquote>