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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 6368647" data-attributes="member: 53980">Just a thought, but perhaps this rule is only intended to judge encounters made up of creatures with a CR 1 or higher? 975 xp doesn't seem outrageous for encountering a bugbear and an ogre at the same time. I also found it strange that the players get the unmodified xp value. I think the reasoning might be that the designers don't want to discourage smart play. If the players are clever enough to separate a group of creatures, they get the same xp for the two easier encounters as they would for the single, more difficult one. If they didn't, they'd arguably be encouraged to fight the creatures as one encounter (because xp tends to be a fairly good motivator for player behavior). I do, however, think that a better approach would be to always reward the multiplied value, even if the players successfully divide and conquer. Perhaps there will be multiple options in the DMG.</blockquote>