Traps and experience

[Outlanders]

Hi, everyone...

If a party sets off a trap, do they still get the exp for it, or do they only get the exp if they discover it, and somehow disarm it?

Chris

 

[IceBear]

From what I remember in the books, it explicitly states they would get XP for overcoming the trap (If they set it off and it didn't kill them, then they can still progress and thus they would get the XP). I suspect many people don't like this and don't give XP, but I'm pretty sure the book says you do (I don't have it handy though).

IceBear

 

[Zulkir of Dartmouth]

I would look at traps just like an encounter. If the group runs into a wandering Orc and survives they get XP. If they did not they don't. It does not matter if they killed it and it did not get to swing at them, or hurt them at all.
If the group runs into the trap (maybe literally) and they survive then they should get the XP. If they spot it and disarm it, then they get it as well.

 

[Zulkir of Dartmouth]

From what I remember in the books, it explicitly states they would get XP for overcoming the trap (If they set it off and it didn't kill them, then they can still progress and thus they would get the XP). I suspect many people don't like this and don't give XP, but I'm pretty sure the book says you do (I don't have it handy though).

IceBear

Here it is guys.

DMG p 167.

"Overcoming the challenge of a trap involves encountering the trap, either by disarming it, avoiding it, or simply surviving the damage it deals. A trap never discovered or never bypassed was not encountered (and hence grants no XP award)"

 

[Outlanders]

Excellent, once again, thanks all.

Chris