Effective Character Level...

[Alexander123]

Some people would say (I being one of those people.) that the 2nd level fighter is not really defeating the monsters, it is only the 10th level fighter, therefore I would not award any experience to the 2nd level fighter.

 

[Jhaelen]

It's D&D. Kill the 2nd level character occasionally. He'll get so much XP from the fights he contributes to it will balance out the level loses from Raise Dead / Resurrection. Plus you'll be able to cram in all sorts of visceral death scenes.

Actually, the rules are silent about this: Defeating a monster with a CR 8 levels above the character's level will grant '*' xp. '*' being defined as DM's call.

In my game the level 2 character would not gain any xp.

 

[Wispr]

Thanks everyone for answering and for your suggestions, they really help me with how I want to handle both encounters and figuring experience plus treasure.

Especially the encounters, when they are a very high EL I'll have the lvl 2 character dancing around the fringes shooting arrows or lobbing her spell, generally trying to help while trying not to die.

I like the suggestion of the lvl 10 character setting up low level encounters and already got some story ideas for that.


Again big thanks take care...

Wispr

 

[Wispr]

It's D&D. Kill the 2nd level character occasionally. He'll get so much XP from the fights he contributes to it will balance out the level loses from Raise Dead / Resurrection. Plus you'll be able to cram in all sorts of visceral death scenes.

Oh visceral death scenes is one thing my stories don't lack...


Wispr