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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lolsworth" data-source="post: 9418304" data-attributes="member: 7044475">XP is so interesting because it's changed a lot over the years and 5e does it so poorly that most players these days think they hate XP as a concept and just do milestone aka "GM decides when" levellingBut when done properly XP can be a great tool to drive play. What gets rewarded gets repeated. So with only xp from monsters, the game becomes largely about killing monsters. You don't want to avoid the monster or scare it away or trick it into letting you pass - none of those give you XP. You want to kill it, so XP for killing monsters encourages murderhobo behaviour. PbtA games ask questions at the end of every session, and the questions depend on what game you're playing. In Monster of the Week it's asking whether you saved someone or learned things because it's a game about monsters and investigating. When I tried PF2E the XP system was a real eye opener. Every encounter, however you resolve it, gives XP. Monsters, traps, obstacles, people to talk to. And it's based on difficulty so scales to level and avoids the "how much xp is this monster worth" nonsense. A moderate encounter is 80xp - so easy to use and remember. And it's simple to add in xp for other things you want to encourage. So in Kingmaker award xp for discovering new locations.When done right, XP is great and not only drives play and encourages certain behaviour, but gives players a sense of progression</blockquote>

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