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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philip" data-source="post: 1763935" data-attributes="member: 10993">XP rewards are an abstract system to reward the PCs for overcoming challenging obstacles.Overcoming obstacles implies a goal. If the party goes and picks that does not contribute to the current adventure goal: no XP.Challenging implies that the obstacle requires that the PCs must choose carefully between their available alternatives when overcoming the obstacle or face failure.If you play a kick-in-the-door type of game, award the PCs full XP for every random encounter.If you play a story-driven campaign, only award them for encounters they overcome that progress the story. They might spend all evening hacking up hapless T-Rexes, if it is irrelevant to the story: no XP.Ultimately XP is a carrot for the players (and their PCs) to get actively involved with the game and reward clever play. If players have their PCs kill T-Rexes by shooting them from flying carpets, feel free to award 0 XP if it does not contribute to the fun besides the PCs gaining levels. EL, CR and whatnot are indicators of the appropriate rewards for typical challenges in a typical game. If you feel the players/PCs choices at the summoning gate were appropriate and fun and you wish to see more of it, by all means, award more XP!</blockquote>