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<blockquote data-quote="Immortal Sun" data-source="post: 7572769">I always divvy up experience points evenly between the party unless one party member sat at home and refused to participate in the adventure.&nbsp; As long as everyone in the party did something then I feel that everyone should get an even share, in part because I don't want the party bickering over how important &quot;their role&quot; was, and in part because I don't want to sit down and analyze who had the harder assignment.You came, you participated, you aided in the success of the table, you helped everyone have a good time, even split.You refused to participate in the quest because you felt it went against your knightly oath, well okay you still get the &quot;participation and role-play XP&quot; but none of the XP from killing monsters, completing the quest or getting the loot.For a more mathemtical breakdown: I tend to halve the usual amount of XP that monsters give you to discourage grinding.&nbsp; I make up that difference with quest rewards.&nbsp; Killing goblins is great.&nbsp; Having Random Townsfolk give you a quest to kill goblins is better.&nbsp; Everyone who shows up and helps the group have a good time gets &quot;participation&quot; XP (about 10% of the XP needed to get to the next level).&nbsp; Quests can have bonuses for completing certain other objectives, usually monetary, but usually requiring you to kill more monsters.&nbsp; Killing people/monsters who don't need to be killed is negative XP, a particularly murderous or careless character can earn the party negative XP if the party doesn't take some action to stop them.There are lots of quests to do things that reward money and little XP.&nbsp; The end of every session usually sees my players earning about 1/5th to 1/3rd of a level, depending on the quests they took, how well they did on them, and how many monsters they killed in the process.&nbsp; I run the option for a lot of downtime, the players don't have to do anything, but they're going to get minimal XP for going on a shopping trip today instead of clearing out the ghosts in the haunted mansion.I have no problem with milestone leveling, and I also mix it in with XP-based leveling when the players complete certain &quot;stages&quot; of a campaign.&nbsp; They can earn levels quickly this way if they stay task-oriented on a specific campaign, and I'm likely to use milestone leveling more often with an intrigue and politics game than an adventure and exploration one.&nbsp; More often than not, I'll just convert &quot;you gain a level&quot; into &quot;you gain the XP needed to get from level A to level B, even if you're half-way there.I've run strict milestone leveling before, mostly because I don't want to calculate XP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Immortal Sun, post: 7572769"] I always divvy up experience points evenly between the party unless one party member sat at home and refused to participate in the adventure. As long as everyone in the party did [I]something[/I] then I feel that everyone should get an even share, in part because I don't want the party bickering over how important "their role" was, and in part because I don't want to sit down and analyze who had the harder assignment. You came, you participated, you aided in the success of the table, you helped everyone have a good time, even split. You refused to participate in the quest because you felt it went against your knightly oath, well okay you still get the "participation and role-play XP" but none of the XP from killing monsters, completing the quest or getting the loot. For a more mathemtical breakdown: I tend to halve the usual amount of XP that monsters give you to discourage grinding. I make up that difference with quest rewards. Killing goblins is great. Having Random Townsfolk give you a quest to kill goblins is [I]better[/I]. Everyone who shows up and helps the group have a good time gets "participation" XP (about 10% of the XP needed to get to the next level). Quests can have bonuses for completing certain other objectives, usually monetary, but usually requiring you to kill more monsters. Killing people/monsters who don't need to be killed is negative XP, a particularly murderous or careless character can earn the party negative XP if the party doesn't take some action to stop them. There are lots of quests to do things that reward money and little XP. The end of every session usually sees my players earning about 1/5th to 1/3rd of a level, depending on the quests they took, how well they did on them, and how many monsters they killed in the process. I run the option for a lot of downtime, the players don't [I]have[/I] to do anything, but they're going to get minimal XP for going on a shopping trip today instead of clearing out the ghosts in the haunted mansion. I have no problem with milestone leveling, and I also mix it in with XP-based leveling when the players complete certain "stages" of a campaign. They can earn levels quickly this way if they stay task-oriented on a specific campaign, and I'm likely to use milestone leveling more often with an intrigue and politics game than an adventure and exploration one. More often than not, I'll just convert "you gain a level" into "you gain the XP needed to get from level A to level B, even if you're half-way there. I've run strict milestone leveling before, mostly because I don't want to calculate XP. [/QUOTE]

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