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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6259165" data-attributes="member: 7006">I do a cross between 'all PCs get the same' and 'level up when the DM says'.I tend to calculate the amount of XP my combat encounters give out and use that as a baseline for each session.&nbsp; However, I don't spend any time whatsoever figuring out what any of our &quot;roleplaying&quot; parts of a session are worth in terms of XP.&nbsp; I just guesstimate it based upon what the players did and how important the session was to the overarching story.&nbsp;&nbsp; Everyone who was there gets the XP from any combat plus X amount of experience points for the roleplaying.&nbsp; If you weren't there, you get 0 for the session.I keep track of what each session was worth in XP (so that I have a better idea of what future sessions should be worth) and then add them all up for the PCs to figure out when they level up.&nbsp; Usually it defaults to about a level up every three or four sessions (which, since we play biweekly, is every couple of months assuming the player has attended all the sessions.)&nbsp;&nbsp; And If I find that what I've given out in XP is going to make someone level up after like just 2 sessions, or not level up after like 5... I will add or subtract XP to a session so that I maintain the 3-4 session level up scenario.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6259165, member: 7006"] I do a cross between 'all PCs get the same' and 'level up when the DM says'. I tend to calculate the amount of XP my combat encounters give out and use that as a baseline for each session. However, I don't spend any time whatsoever figuring out what any of our "roleplaying" parts of a session are worth in terms of XP. I just guesstimate it based upon what the players did and how important the session was to the overarching story. Everyone who was there gets the XP from any combat plus X amount of experience points for the roleplaying. If you weren't there, you get 0 for the session. I keep track of what each session was worth in XP (so that I have a better idea of what future sessions should be worth) and then add them all up for the PCs to figure out when they level up. Usually it defaults to about a level up every three or four sessions (which, since we play biweekly, is every couple of months assuming the player has attended all the sessions.) And If I find that what I've given out in XP is going to make someone level up after like just 2 sessions, or not level up after like 5... I will add or subtract XP to a session so that I maintain the 3-4 session level up scenario. [/QUOTE]

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