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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 4981977" data-attributes="member: 463">My experience of 4e so far has been that advancement at low levels has been substantially and surprisingly slower than in 3e.&nbsp;&nbsp; With 3-4 fights per session, 4e PCs earn around 200 XP each, whereas in 3e they'd be getting more like 600 XP.&nbsp; I throw in tons of bonus &amp; quest XP and the PCs still didn't get from 2nd to 3rd in 3 sessions of fighting powerful foes, including a lot of 9th level opponents (troll, worgs, deathpriest of Nergal/Orcus etc).Monster XP seems substantially lower.&nbsp; Where a 1st level warrior in 3e gets you 150 XP, the equivalent in 4e is a ca 3rd level minion worth 38 XP.&nbsp;&nbsp; A 1st level foe in 4e is worth 100 XP, and will take much much longer to defeat than a 1st level 3e foe.&nbsp; At the higher end, 400 XP for a 4e 9th level opponent isn't much at all; the rough equivalent in 3e would be a CR 6 foe worth 2400 XP.Of course the 4e PCs are also more durable, and there is less random PC death.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 4981977, member: 463"] My experience of 4e so far has been that advancement at low levels has been substantially and surprisingly slower than in 3e. With 3-4 fights per session, 4e PCs earn around 200 XP each, whereas in 3e they'd be getting more like 600 XP. I throw in tons of bonus & quest XP and the PCs still didn't get from 2nd to 3rd in 3 sessions of fighting powerful foes, including a lot of 9th level opponents (troll, worgs, deathpriest of Nergal/Orcus etc). Monster XP seems substantially lower. Where a 1st level warrior in 3e gets you 150 XP, the equivalent in 4e is a ca 3rd level minion worth 38 XP. A 1st level foe in 4e is worth 100 XP, and will take much much longer to defeat than a 1st level 3e foe. At the higher end, 400 XP for a 4e 9th level opponent isn't much at all; the rough equivalent in 3e would be a CR 6 foe worth 2400 XP. Of course the 4e PCs are also more durable, and there is less random PC death. [/QUOTE]

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