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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lackhand" data-source="post: 4269366" data-attributes="member: 36160">Derren, Regicide: I see what you're saying, I just think that you're both wrong <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />While you say that Milestones break immersion, I'm not sure why they're any more immersion-breaking than rolling a 1 or a 20 on a hit -- which is completely metagame, and while it maps back to events in-game, is far more exciting as a metagame event.(That's just an example. There are others.)My point is that milestones are a game mechanic, admittedly -- but I feel that they're a good one. They are one way -- and there are others -- of rewarding characters for not stopping to rest. This is a worthy goal for several reasons: it means that the players can experience a model of attrition, it means that the characters adventure for more than 15 minutes a day, and it means that there's a way of rewarding players for playing the damn game.Regicide: Your point about going to get a bar brawl before the next encounter is well taken, but this is the "anthill = million XP" problem from previous editions. If the bar brawl is interesting and fun and in some way relevant to a plot (not necessarily the plot), then sure, no reason not to treat it as a real encounter and grant AP.If it's just the players being metagaming munchkins, then the DM is explicitly within his rights to deny them the AP from it.Derren: Yeah, adventure design is one great way to keep the players playing. So's this. They're both good.I agree with the OP that this method could be a little stronger, though. I think my house rule to make them more important -- when I start house-ruling -- will be the scaling xp advice from above.</blockquote>

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