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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DNH" data-source="post: 5458702" data-attributes="member: 63615">This issue crops up every now and again and I am pleasantly surprised to see just how many DMs have dropped tracking xp, as I have.One thing bothers me though: those of you who still award xp, you all mention things like "bonus xp for good roleplaying" or good ideas, paying attention or even attendance.  Now, I have done all of these in the past but not since 2e.  Thing is, 4e (and 3e) have all character classes progress according to the same xp numbers.  Everything is balanced now (supposedly) and so a 7th-level wizard is at the same xp total as a 7th-level fighter or rogue or what-have-you.  If you award bonus xp here and there, surely you would end up with characters at different levels (although I admit you might have to go some for this to happen)?  I dunno, you might conceivably have one character at Level 6, three at Level 5 and one trailing at Level 4.  But having different-level characters in your party in 4e is actually a bit of a pain, as the encounters are supposed to be keyed to a certain level.  Work it for the average and that could mean that the Level 4 character toils to be effective and risks death all too quickly, and/or the Level 6 character sails through the encounter like it's a cake-walk (excuse the mixed metaphor).Maybe I am making a mountain out of a mole-hill but it seems to me that this is just another argument for levelling characters by DM fiat rather than xp tracking.</blockquote>

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