Is this a legal method of converting gp to xp

[James McMurray]

If this were tried in my game, I would award full XP for the horse. I would then assess an xp penalty for metagaming equal to the horses' value +20%, for a net loss to the idiot who tried this stunt.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

For the same reason, I don't award full XP for coup-de-grace kills

So if I get the Hold Person spell on the enemy I have to beat him to death rather than slit his throat, or get less XP? I think that coup-de-grace doesn't reduce the challange per se, it's the circumstances: above-mentioned would be a perfectly normal combat, but if you kill people in their beds, you won't get full xp

 

[Kae'Yoss]

House Rule #1: stupid players get targeted with dice.


Hong "preferably d4s" Ooi

There are extra large dice (got a 1 1/2 inch d20) just for these occasions (and for signifying the impact of a crit )

 

[Luis Figoo]

Rodrigo Istalindir:
Getting the horse, whether randomly encountered or not, to attack isn't a big problem. For example, a hunter hunting for meat, would he get any xp for shooting a horse which could very well counter attack?

The horse actually does have a chance of killing me, but he'll have to hit crits for 2 or so rounds or if i keep missing and him hitting. I've thought about my DM giving me the line about having healers thus no challenge, so it'll occur in a deserted farmhouse, just me and 'em horsies Of course to prevent the horses from "accidently" breaking out by themselves, there'll be metal barred cages.

Great idea about the dire horses though

Hong:
Atually not yet for this campaign. just goblins on wolves, though if it were goblins on horses, i guess out party would have gotten the horse xp too.

Well i did consider sheep, but they are so soft, wooly and cute, just don't have the heart to kill them

The main purpose of the entire thing was actually to find all loopholes and plug them. My DM and i both come up with these things when ever we switch roles so we like to test each other . The rest of the party aren't newbies either and do come up with some interesting things or point out completely illogical situations occuring by the rules

 

[hong]

There are extra large dice (got a 1 1/2 inch d20) just for these occasions (and for signifying the impact of a crit )

Oh yeah, I've seen those. I think Geoff W has a couple of giant d30s as well. Very intimidating. They look like golf balls.


Hong "I shall have to compliment Geoff on the size of his balls" Ooi

 

[dcollins]

My DM's no dummy of course, he'll probably restrict the number of horses on sale and such (pretty much the same things i would do when i DM).

Still when you remember Leadership, using horses coud raise your followers levels. Since the horses are dead thus considered expended, that would free up your assets by level in the DMG would that not?

So as i gain levels, my assets by level increase which in turn allows me to buy a greater number of horses, which allows me to gain levels faster. Hmm, a spiral, interesting

You should join the forces of good and fight off trolls like the rest of us do all day.

 

[Bob5th]

If I was DMing and one of my players tried this they would first be slapped by the other players and their PC might be stopped by the other PC's as well. If after this they still tried to butcher horses for xp I would have them start to take on dire and legendary horses that are advanced to their max HD. When players start wanting more xp than I'm handing out bad things start to happen to them.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I would be generous to the player with the want for XP. I'd give him something that brings him up to 1 XP to levelling up twice - A Great Wyrm Prismatic Dracolich always does that job splendidly.

 

[James McMurray]

You can also get solid metal and stone dice these days, for when you ned more penetration power behind your dice-assaults.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

If I can get those stone dice in Large, I buy two sets. "So? I can't crit that one with that weapon? Huh? Someone tell the DM he was wrong. As soon as he wakes up again!"