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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 3430171" data-attributes="member: 29398">...finally back after a month's hiatus...what'd I miss? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Anything that unties ExP awards from character actions is a lurking menace in my books, as it allows the cowardly/inactive/useless character to advance at the same rate as the character who is willing to take the risks.&nbsp; A system where the DM arbitrarily gives the entire party a level now and then falls right into this trap.I also see ExP as a *character* reward rather than a *player* reward...if the character does something useful, it gets ExP for it.&nbsp; But in other threads here, many have said they give out ExP for showing up to the game, for &quot;good roleplay&quot; (whatever that is), for keeping a game journal, etc....in other words, ExP as player reward, with which I cannot agree.As for the original question, yes, slow it down if you want to; assume going in that your campaign has the chops to last forever, and plan accordingly. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Ask yourself where it might be, and at what level, 2 years down the road, and five years, and ten years...then tweak to suit. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Both the games I run and those I play in tend to advance very slowly; most are fine with this as long as the story can hold the imagination.Lanefan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 3430171, member: 29398"] ...finally back after a month's hiatus...what'd I miss? :) Anything that unties ExP awards from character actions is a lurking menace in my books, as it allows the cowardly/inactive/useless character to advance at the same rate as the character who is willing to take the risks. A system where the DM arbitrarily gives the entire party a level now and then falls right into this trap. I also see ExP as a *character* reward rather than a *player* reward...if the character does something useful, it gets ExP for it. But in other threads here, many have said they give out ExP for showing up to the game, for "good roleplay" (whatever that is), for keeping a game journal, etc....in other words, ExP as player reward, with which I cannot agree. As for the original question, yes, slow it down if you want to; assume going in that your campaign has the chops to last forever, and plan accordingly. :) Ask yourself where it might be, and at what level, 2 years down the road, and five years, and ten years...then tweak to suit. :) Both the games I run and those I play in tend to advance very slowly; most are fine with this as long as the story can hold the imagination. Lanefan [/QUOTE]

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