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<blockquote data-quote="Damon Griffin" data-source="post: 309052" data-attributes="member: 3568">3e does give XP for defeating traps, same as if a monster of the same CR had been defeated, but past that, our group has always been obliged to award &quot;bonus&quot; XP for any worthwhile activity that doesn't involve killing.&nbsp; I don't like having to call these &quot;bonus&quot; points because (a) the core rules should be giving me points for this kind of thing; and (b) it sounds like I'm getting extra points on top of those that most people get for &quot;Huzzah! We attack!&quot; when in fact I'm getting these points instead of the combat XP in most cases.We also recognize that non-violent approaches to a situation often should be worth fewer points, and we're okay with that.&nbsp; If I kill the rampaging monster, it's dead and won't bother the village any more.&nbsp; Full XP.&nbsp; If all I do is drive it off before any villagers got hurt (this time), okay, I encountered the monster and survived, but I did not achieve a long term solution.&nbsp; Fewer points.&nbsp; Now, if I find out why the monster is repeatedly attacking, and arrange matters so that he/she/it no longer feels it necessary to threaten the village, then, yes, that should be worth the same number of XP as killing it...maybe even more.Doesn't really matter as long as DM and players agree on what things should be worth XP, and how many.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Damon Griffin, post: 309052, member: 3568"] 3e does give XP for defeating traps, same as if a monster of the same CR had been defeated, but past that, our group has always been obliged to award "bonus" XP for any worthwhile activity that doesn't involve killing. I don't like having to call these "bonus" points because (a) the core rules should be giving me points for this kind of thing; and (b) it sounds like I'm getting extra points on top of those that most people get for "Huzzah! We attack!" when in fact I'm getting these points [B]instead[/B] of the combat XP in most cases. We also recognize that non-violent approaches to a situation often [B]should[/B] be worth fewer points, and we're okay with that. If I kill the rampaging monster, it's dead and won't bother the village any more. Full XP. If all I do is drive it off before any villagers got hurt (this time), okay, I encountered the monster and survived, but I did not achieve a long term solution. Fewer points. Now, if I find out [B]why[/B] the monster is repeatedly attacking, and arrange matters so that he/she/it no longer feels it necessary to threaten the village, then, yes, that should be worth the same number of XP as killing it...maybe even more. Doesn't [B]really[/B] matter as long as DM and players agree on what things should be worth XP, and how many. [/QUOTE]

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