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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bwgwl" data-source="post: 302613" data-attributes="member: 3876">i don't ever hand out individual XP when i DM. everyone gets the same amount.i give XP for accomplishing the goals of the adventure. it's the group as a whole which accomplishes the goals, not individuals. so i hand out XP to the group as a whole. (can you tell i used to be in the military? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> )i agree with the other posters that handing out individual XP can lead to feelings of competition and resentment. in the D&D game i play in, the DM hands out individual awards and there have already been these kinds of problems cropping up.in a system like GURPS or HERO, which are "point-build" systems where XP is essentially just more points to build your character, individual awards can be OK. that because the difference between, say, a 150-point GURPS character and a 170-point GURPS character is hardly noticeable in the game.in D&D, where you have discrete levels instead of a gradual increase in power, individual awards can lead to situations where some characters are a level ahead of the others. this is a significant jump in power and definitely noticeable in the game. which, as has been said, can lead to feelings of resentment.</blockquote>