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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 5366695">Short of a specific reason NOT to grant a player XP, I like to level all my players at the same time, even if Joe participated more than Jeff.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Well sometimes the fighter isn't much use when it comes to arcane skill checks.&nbsp; Sometimes the mage isn't too much help when it comes to kicking down a door or carrying a wagon.&nbsp; &nbsp;And I REALLY don't deny people XP for missing a game, even if it was important.&nbsp; Somebody was sick, couldn't make it, and I tell them &quot;tough, now you're behind everyone a whole game worth of XP&quot;?&nbsp; Oh that's a great way to get people pissed at you.&nbsp;Unless a player has crazy multi-classing or something, or spends their XP, I like to level everyone together, that way I can scale my encounters correctly and don't have to worry about a 5th level party having a 4th level tank and everyone getting pwned because they took on 6th-level monsters.&nbsp;I do however agree that if nothing much(by my standards, not the players) was accomplished, either because we didn't play long, we goofed off, or what have you, then yeah, it's not counted towards gaining a level for them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 5366695"] Short of a specific reason NOT to grant a player XP, I like to level all my players at the same time, even if Joe participated more than Jeff. Why? Well sometimes the fighter isn't much use when it comes to arcane skill checks. Sometimes the mage isn't too much help when it comes to kicking down a door or carrying a wagon. And I REALLY don't deny people XP for missing a game, even if it was important. Somebody was sick, couldn't make it, and I tell them "tough, now you're behind everyone a whole game worth of XP"? Oh that's a great way to get people pissed at you. Unless a player has crazy multi-classing or something, or spends their XP, I like to level everyone together, that way I can scale my encounters correctly and don't have to worry about a 5th level party having a 4th level tank and everyone getting pwned because they took on 6th-level monsters. I do however agree that if nothing much(by my standards, not the players) was accomplished, either because we didn't play long, we goofed off, or what have you, then yeah, it's not counted towards gaining a level for them. [/QUOTE]

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