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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1763247" data-attributes="member: 707">Well, I don't run my game this way.  There are only a finite number of effective tactics in the game, and only a finite number of monster types.  If I gave diminishing returns to any tactic used successfully once vs. a particular type of threat, the PCs would be earning next to nothing by 8th-level.  And really, it doesn't seem right to give the PCs less xp for using a proven tactic, but also less xp for not using that proven tactic.  There's no way to win.I also give xp based on EL.  But it's based on the EL at the time I create the encounter.  Once the PCs make contact, the xp is locked, and how the PCs defeat the encounter is up to them.</blockquote>