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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 2927049" data-attributes="member: 3854">I was actually going to start a thread on this subject, myself, today.I give xp by the book – no story awards, no role-playing awards, etc. Just xp for challenges overcome. (I want the PCs to do stuff, and adventure.)I’ve had several times when a PC or four were very close to the next level. I used to say if they were within 1% of the next level, they could go ahead and level up. But then, one time, a PC was about 12 xp short of the 1%. I let him level up too. It became clear to me that the 1% house rule wasn’t really 1%. Why not 2%? 5%? 10%?And then there was the wizard who made lots of scrolls -- other PCs made the next level, but he was short only a bit because he had scribed scrolls. This showed that there was no real cost for making magic items.It was then I realized that I was better off just sticking to the straight system – without fudging the level ups. Then, just last game session, one Player said he was just 54 xp short of his next level. I was so very tempted to let him level up. I was very close to letting him, but then he realized that he wasn’t short after all; he leveled up legitimately.Yeah, it would suck a little to end a game session so close to a level up, but I’ve seen that that is better than bending the rules. It happens rarely enough that it shouldn’t cause too much heartache.Quasqueton</blockquote>