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<blockquote data-quote="Iconik" data-source="post: 5352013" data-attributes="member: 92708">The party was going to be going through a skill challenge heavy few adventures. They knew this a couple weeks before that portion of the story started. I decided to throw in a nice battle with these beetles not only to give them a good fight but to also introduce an NPC. The bard mimic'd sound without saying anything to anyone. They wanted the fight.&nbsp;I decided not to give them XP in this particular situation to &quot;punish&quot; (I use that term very lightly) him and them for going Rambo. It's to keep it from happening again. Which it won't.&nbsp;This is a GREAT topic. Some amazing answers and tons of evidence for both sides. &nbsp;But, what does post count have to do with anything? I've only had a few topics that I've made here but most of them have been well recieved with 3+ pages of responses.&nbsp;EDIT: OK. I read that Rule of Thumb topic and I'm calling BS. Major BS. That just comes off as EN World/D&amp;D snobbery. Something that EN World is above in my opinion. It has NOTHING to do with right or wrong. The topic and problem I presented is obviously highly contested. No one is arguing. The solution isn't black and white. It's grey. Very grey. As evidenced by the fact that there's a lot of discussion going on in this topic. No one is mad. No one is trolling. No one is arguing. It's discussion.&nbsp;Also...get that Rule of Thumb topic taken down. We're better than that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iconik, post: 5352013, member: 92708"] The party was going to be going through a skill challenge heavy few adventures. They knew this a couple weeks before that portion of the story started. I decided to throw in a nice battle with these beetles not only to give them a good fight but to also introduce an NPC. The bard mimic'd sound without saying anything to anyone. They wanted the fight. I decided not to give them XP in this particular situation to "punish" (I use that term very lightly) him and them for going Rambo. It's to keep it from happening again. Which it won't. This is a GREAT topic. Some amazing answers and tons of evidence for both sides. But, what does post count have to do with anything? I've only had a few topics that I've made here but most of them have been well recieved with 3+ pages of responses. EDIT: OK. I read that Rule of Thumb topic and I'm calling BS. Major BS. That just comes off as EN World/D&D snobbery. Something that EN World is above in my opinion. It has NOTHING to do with right or wrong. The topic and problem I presented is obviously highly contested. No one is arguing. The solution isn't black and white. It's grey. Very grey. As evidenced by the fact that there's a lot of discussion going on in this topic. No one is mad. No one is trolling. No one is arguing. It's discussion. Also...get that Rule of Thumb topic taken down. We're better than that. [/QUOTE]

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