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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aboyd" data-source="post: 4721649" data-attributes="member: 44797">Thanks for that.  I mostly agree with it -- they don't get any XP, because they're not the actual adventuring party taking all the risks.My question is like this.  If you have 3 new characters and they take down a CR 3 monster, they get 900 XP divided among them.  So 300 XP each.  Now let's say those same 3 characters come into a little cash but are still 1st level.  They pay for 3 hirelings.  They all go into combat and defeat another CR 3 monster.  The 3 player characters get 900 XP to divide among themselves?  So, another 300 XP each, even though the battle was visibly easier due to the help?  That would seem to be the case, since not only do the hirelings not get XP, but they don't even appear to dilute the XP award.My thinking was maybe to divide the 900 XP by 6 but then only give the XP (150) to the 3 PCs.  Unfortunately, I haven't been DMing 3.5 edition long enough to know what I screw up when I try something like that.  Have you guys run across this?  Was your solution to award full shares even if there were hirelings?  Maybe they should be treated like summoned monsters.  Those things help win battles, but they don't diminish XP shares.  Perhaps I should just go by the book.</blockquote>