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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Timeboxer" data-source="post: 1756365" data-attributes="member: 21471">See my previous post about having previously used the item  -- it's not in my possession and there's no way in which I can ever possibly make use of it now or in future, unlike the continuing +3 enhancement bonus to Intelligence.However, I understand why a GM might want to do it that way, especially with that example.  But I'm not really convinced that this cannot and should not be done, at least in part because I don't entirely buy the idea that XP should never be tradeable with gp in this fashion.Try this: Two players create two wizards who are fraternal twins.  They decide to create a magic item shop -- the Twins' Scribing Shop.  And the two scribe uncountable amounts of scrolls for their customers as a living.  However, they've developed an odd tradition, which is that whenever one creates a magic item, the other always creates a magic item of the exact same type, so that they pay the same cost in terms of XP and gp.  They also have never and would never create a magic item without the other creating an identical magic item.Time passes and they adventure.  They each decide to take different prestige classes -- he decides to take one with the prerequisite of taking Augment Summoning, while she decides to take one with the prerequisite, "The candidate must have created at least one magic item, whether of a permanent nature or not.", on the basis that she's made scrolls for a living with her brother in general, and in particular on the first Scroll of Magic Missile she ever scribed (and used), at the same time as her brother's own (independent) scribing (also used).  They adventure for awhile, still working for their shop, and then join the party, at which point the game begins.  The GM has allotted exactly 105,000 XP to each character.So: Who loses XP -- the female twin, or both twins?  Exactly how much XP is lost -- 1 XP for the used Scroll of Magic Missile, or some other arbitrary amount?</blockquote>

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