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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doug McCrae" data-source="post: 5889918" data-attributes="member: 21169">We haven't used xp in our D&D games for many years. We level up automatically, every 1-3 sessions (depending on the DM). I think the main reason we level up at all isn't either as an award or reward, it's because it's traditional in rpgs, the players like and expect it, and because it changes the scope of the game.I dislike xp for the same reason I dislike encumbrance, and keeping track of money, ammunition, and provisions. To me, all of these are just fiddly arithmetic that adds little or nothing to the play experience. They're fine for people who enjoy arithmetic, which I suspect includes many rpgers.Furthermore, I don't really like the way most rpgs handle character growth at all - ie fairly slow, but steady, leading to the PCs becoming significantly more powerful. I prefer it if PCs start off as capable as they'll ever be, and don't change after that. I admit that this view is not at all popular, even amongst my own group.</blockquote>