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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7428040" data-attributes="member: 6801845">One last try.The PCs have been through some tough fights and are low on resources.  They want to take a long rest before taking on the goblins in the cave nearby.Option 1: motivate them via story- The goblins may get reinforcements or attack the group in the middle of the night.  - Right now the party has the element of surprise- The goblins have been raiding nearby villages and may raid again tonightAll of those are valid, in-story motivations.  If the PCs decide to attack, great.  If they don't then certain events may or may not occur.  If they attack the goblins the next day and there are the same number of goblins as the night before, they get the same XP.  They might get more XP if the goblins fortified and set up traps that weren't there before, they may get less if the goblins fled in the night.  It's based on encounter difficulty, nothing more nothing less.Option 2: I have no story motivations.  They know the goblins ar over there, but don't think the goblins know about the party and have no reason to believe they will be discovered.  They decide to take a long rest.  I say "if you attack the goblins now I'll give you extra XP".  Suddenly the players have to make up a reason to justify getting extra XP.  That's what I don't like.  There's no reason from the perspective of the PCs to take that action.You could throw in a mix of motivations, which is not hinted at or mentioned in the OP.  But it doesn't really matter much, it's still motivating the players, not the PCs.  If they were going to do it anyway it's Option 1.  If they weren't it's Option 2.</blockquote>

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