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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 55598" data-attributes="member: 2209">xp questionsWithout referencing the DMG page referenced above (I will when I get home) I would think base creatures without having advanced by EHD or class would start with 0 xp just as a starting level 1 human or elf would. They can obviously gain xp as they can advance and it would not be improper to give a plot monster that chose the feat and met other prerequs some xp to craft an item even if he has not gained enough to advance an EHD or class level (perhaps because he makes so many items). CRGreathouse:For the starting ECL +3 bugbear Fighter level one I thought he would have zero xp but need to gain three thousand (the amount a third level character needs for his next level) to get to second level.Am I mistaken? I thought it was not that the bugbear has the experience of a high level character but solely that he advances as a higher level character (for xp purposes) than he is to compensate for his monster bonuses. It would seem mistaken to say the 1st level fighter bugbear is more experienced than the 2nd level human fighter, but it would seem valid to say he is tougher.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 55598, member: 2209"] [b]xp questions[/b] Without referencing the DMG page referenced above (I will when I get home) I would think base creatures without having advanced by EHD or class would start with 0 xp just as a starting level 1 human or elf would. They can obviously gain xp as they can advance and it would not be improper to give a plot monster that chose the feat and met other prerequs some xp to craft an item even if he has not gained enough to advance an EHD or class level (perhaps because he makes so many items). CRGreathouse: For the starting ECL +3 bugbear Fighter level one I thought he would have zero xp but need to gain three thousand (the amount a third level character needs for his next level) to get to second level. Am I mistaken? I thought it was not that the bugbear has the experience of a high level character but solely that he advances as a higher level character (for xp purposes) than he is to compensate for his monster bonuses. It would seem mistaken to say the 1st level fighter bugbear is more experienced than the 2nd level human fighter, but it would seem valid to say he is tougher. [/QUOTE]

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