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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 6162446" data-attributes="member: 3192">XP isn't so much rewarded to the player as to the actions the PC succeeds in. The player may follow a strategy of attacking orcs and then a number of tactics as required when more details arise, but the XP for overcoming the orcs is also partly derived from the success or failure of the die rolls. Good odds leans towards gaining more XP faster, poor odds to less or even none. The game the players play is not only in assessing successful tactics and strategies, but also remembering the changing odds of the die rolls. Now whether the players deliberately play to this mastery or not the PCs gain XP for successful actions, even if occurring accidentally.A Player's game resources and abilities are not due exclusively to XP. That's a role playing stat. We could play a Fighter and steal treasure all game long becoming very wealthy and highly dangerous just due to the equipment acquired. Or forget stealing, simply set up a mercantile business to make it rich trading legally within the laws of the lands you travel to. Another way is to collect rumors and archives of information to gain a wealth of knowledge about the world. This means talking to many people, which could also allow you to befriend and gain allies (associates, henchmen, but probably not followers) making you not only widely loved, but very powerful when it comes the NPC sphere of play.Here's the thing: None of these actions are going to increase your PC's XP totals. They are not necessarily role playing performance, at least depending on the class. But they do improve the Player's overall abilities and amount of resources to influence the game.</blockquote>

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