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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 9250465" data-attributes="member: 4348"><p>It depends.</p><p></p><p>If we had combat, I keep track of what was expected and have it all figured out already, so it gets given immediately after combat ends (XP).</p><p></p><p>I also allow levelling up immediately, if the party is ready to do so.</p><p></p><p>In a combat intensive adventure at low levels they may level up more than once. I don't believe in holding them back to a single level per session in 5e. If they did the XP, they've earned the level. Since the party generally levels up together in 5e, this makes it simple. We take a break and level up their characters.</p><p></p><p>Our combats move fast and many can happen in our session, which means they can earn quite a bit of XP in the game. </p><p></p><p>Extra XP that have been earned from obstacles and other items are awarded at the break (or end of that session before the beginning of the next session, if one wants to put it that way instead, even though it's the same day, just a while after we finished up that first section). </p><p></p><p>In 3e and later versions of the game, PC's tend to level up FAR quicker than they did in TSR era games. For example, my 5e group that started around September are level 16. My BECMI/BX hybrid group just hit level 5.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 9250465, member: 4348"] It depends. If we had combat, I keep track of what was expected and have it all figured out already, so it gets given immediately after combat ends (XP). I also allow levelling up immediately, if the party is ready to do so. In a combat intensive adventure at low levels they may level up more than once. I don't believe in holding them back to a single level per session in 5e. If they did the XP, they've earned the level. Since the party generally levels up together in 5e, this makes it simple. We take a break and level up their characters. Our combats move fast and many can happen in our session, which means they can earn quite a bit of XP in the game. Extra XP that have been earned from obstacles and other items are awarded at the break (or end of that session before the beginning of the next session, if one wants to put it that way instead, even though it's the same day, just a while after we finished up that first section). In 3e and later versions of the game, PC's tend to level up FAR quicker than they did in TSR era games. For example, my 5e group that started around September are level 16. My BECMI/BX hybrid group just hit level 5. [/QUOTE]
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