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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 1402169" data-attributes="member: 2629">The way it has been presented, a summoned creature is included as part of the CR of the creature that summoned it. That means that the reward for killing the summoned creature is included in the reward for killing the summoner.So, what happens if you kill the summoned creature, but do not kill the summoner? Do you get no experience because you failed to kill the summoner *or* do you gain a portion of the experience for the summoner for defeating a portion of the summoner's strength?This is not clearly addressed in the DMG, though a quick analysis would tend to point towards no expeirence being granted unless the summoner is defeated (which doesn't necessarily mean killed). On the other hand, this can lead to some ridiculous results: An evil wizard teleports into a town and begins to summon horrible monsters to slay the local populace. The PCs rush in and fight off the army of monsters. They spend all day battling against all sorts of summoned monsters, but at the end of the day, the receive no experience because the wizard teleported away before they found him? As a result, I've adopted the position that PCs get half normal experience for summoned creatures up to a total equalling the amount that would be granted for defeating the summoner. If they also defeat the summoner, the experience for killing the summoned creatures is treated as a part of the experience for defeating the caster.</blockquote>

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