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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 5595593" data-attributes="member: 31216">Is 50% an acceptable number? Let’s look at the leveling rate for the AD&D1 party if they only got half the potential XP available in the adventures.End of Temple of Elemental Evil:AD&D1 party finishes at: (161,968 xp each)Fighter 8Paladin 7Cleric 8Magic-User 9Illusionist 9Thief 10Average: 8.5Gaining only half (50%) xp = 80,984 xp(using the OSRIC document because I don’t have the PH with me)Fighter 7Paladin 6Cleric 7Magic-User 8Illusionist 7Thief 8Average: 7.2 (1.3 levels lower)Assuming only 50% of the potential xp is gained, (50% is lost for whatever reason): the Fighter, Paladin, Cleric, and M-U each are one level lowerthe Illusionist and Thief are two levels lower.End of Against the Giants:AD&D1 party finishes at: (653,268 xp each)Fighter 10Paladin 9Cleric 10Magic-User 11Illusionist 11Thief 12Average: 10.5Gaining only half (50%) xp = 326,634 xp(using the OSRIC document because I don’t have the PH with me)Fighter 9Paladin 9Cleric 9Magic-User 10Illusionist 10Thief 11Average: 9.7 (.8 level difference)Assuming only 50% of the potential xp is gained, (50% is lost for whatever reason):the Paladin is the same levelthe Fighter, Cleric, M-U, Illusionist, and Thief each are one level lowerMAJOR EDIT: Note that none of the above xp includes anything from magic items -- no xp from owning and using, no xp from selling and getting the gold value.Bullgrit</blockquote>