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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7956671" data-attributes="member: 6987520">For everyone's benefit, here is the section we're discussing:[ATTACH=full]120464[/ATTACH]I wouldn't say &quot;most&quot; of the XP was from treasure--maybe half overall would be my best estimate. But that depends entirely on the game and the DM's comparison of XP to gold (what ratio) and what monsters you are looking at.Our most common ratio was 1 XP per 5 GP, which was then split among the party members. So, 1000 gp in a moderate encounter would only be worth 200 XP, divided by 5 characters is only 40 XP each.As you can see from the orc example as well, the orc itself is worth 15 XP in AD&amp;D, the (average) 7 ep would be worth only 2-3 XP, even on a 1-1 basis!BBEG monsters went more the other direction (the horde of a dragon was worth more XP than the dragon itself).AD&amp;D also awarded XP for magic items if they weren't sold for gp (in which case the gp value was used).Regardless, the pace was slower when it came to leveling IME due to how much was needed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 7956671, member: 6987520"] For everyone's benefit, here is the section we're discussing: [ATTACH type="full" width="429px" alt="1586019555566.png"]120464[/ATTACH] I wouldn't say "most" of the XP was from treasure--maybe half overall would be my best estimate. But that depends entirely on the game and the DM's comparison of XP to gold (what ratio) and what monsters you are looking at. Our most common ratio was 1 XP per 5 GP, which was then split among the party members. So, 1000 gp in a moderate encounter would only be worth 200 XP, divided by 5 characters is only 40 XP each. As you can see from the orc example as well, the orc itself is worth 15 XP in AD&D, the (average) 7 ep would be worth only 2-3 XP, even on a 1-1 basis! BBEG monsters went more the other direction (the horde of a dragon was worth more XP than the dragon itself). AD&D also awarded XP for magic items if they weren't sold for gp (in which case the gp value was used). Regardless, the pace was slower when it came to leveling IME due to how much was needed. [/QUOTE]

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