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<blockquote data-quote="DumbPaladin" data-source="post: 5320450" data-attributes="member: 90770">As a player, I've been penalized XP in the past in a 2.0 game, and it basically was the start of what led me to leave the group.&nbsp; I think it's a very, very bad idea, but obviously I didn't feel what I was doing -- refusing to heal the party wizard after he had electrocuted me numerous times, nearly killing me, in order to attack an enemy -- was worthy of being penalized.The DM has so many other tools in his arsenal.&nbsp; The previous suggestion of simply NOT awarding XP for killing people who should not be slain is a good one.&nbsp; But since you are the DM, why not simply have the death of some of these NPCs lead to ramifications?&nbsp; Perhaps when the band of &quot;heroes&quot; goes into one city, the city has received news of how wantonly they slaughter people without due process or a trail.&nbsp; And maybe the &quot;heroes&quot; aren't quite so welcome there.&nbsp; Maybe the local paladin in their home town no longer offers them his services.&nbsp; There are so many ways to handle it ... XP should be the last possible tool, not the first.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DumbPaladin, post: 5320450, member: 90770"] As a player, I've been penalized XP in the past in a 2.0 game, and it basically was the start of what led me to leave the group. I think it's a very, very bad idea, but obviously I didn't feel what I was doing -- refusing to heal the party wizard after he had electrocuted me numerous times, nearly killing me, in order to attack an enemy -- was worthy of being penalized. The DM has so many other tools in his arsenal. The previous suggestion of simply NOT awarding XP for killing people who should not be slain is a good one. But since you are the DM, why not simply have the death of some of these NPCs lead to ramifications? Perhaps when the band of "heroes" goes into one city, the city has received news of how wantonly they slaughter people without due process or a trail. And maybe the "heroes" aren't quite so welcome there. Maybe the local paladin in their home town no longer offers them his services. There are so many ways to handle it ... XP should be the last possible tool, not the first. [/QUOTE]

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