Question: NPC and PC XP Worth?

[Shalewind]

Perhaps I'm missing something. The rules for quickly creating encounters with given monster are indeed quick and easy.

Much much XP are NPCs worth? Certainly it isn't equal to a monster of equivalent level, right? Seems the DMG leans that way.

5 PCs vs 5 NPCs with almost identical powers is going to be a knockdown drag-out fight, not a standard encounter. And a hard one at that...

Also, by the same token. How much would a full PC class be worth?

Is this spelled out anywhere. How do you determine rewards and difficultly for NPC and PC classes?

 

[Nightchilde-2]

Perhaps I'm missing something. The rules for quickly creating encounters with given monster are indeed quick and easy.

Much much XP are NPCs worth? Certainly it isn't equal to a monster of equivalent level, right? Seems the DMG leans that way.

5 PCs vs 5 NPCs with almost identical powers is going to be a knockdown drag-out fight, not a standard encounter. And a hard one at that...

Also, by the same token. How much would a full PC class be worth?

Is this spelled out anywhere. How do you determine rewards and difficultly for NPC and PC classes?

NPCs with class levels are created by taking a base critter/monster and applying a class template. This turns the critter into an Elite critter. Elite critters are worth 2x the XP as a non-elite.

So, if you created a human commoner "monster" of level 1 (worth 100 XP) and applied, say, the cleric Class Template, you'd have a Level 1 Cleric worth 200 XP.