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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8230400" data-attributes="member: 29398">I myself am one such, and completely subscribe to this concept.But I still like tracking xp.If you don't want your PC to miss out on the xp then get stuck in rather than hanging back as a PC or playing on your phone as a player.&nbsp; You're right that favouritism can become an issue: the way to beat this is instead of giving out xp as a lump sum, give them out event-by-event and in the process explain who got what and why. (thus, when xp are given out each player in theory ends up with a string of numbers to add together)At my table xp distribution happen usually once every half-dozen sessions unless I know someone's close to bumping, and it takes maybe 15 minutes total.&nbsp; Figuring out the numbers takes me-as-DM maybe another 15 minutes, and I can do this anytime I like between sessions.I want the PCs who do things to be the ones who earn the xp reward; further, I want the reward to (ideally, it's just not really possible to quantify this in practice) reflect the indivudal risk taken.Oh, and a side note: in my view xp are a reward for what the character does, not the player: I don't care how many of your beer you let me drink during the games, your characters aren't getting any extra xp for it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8230400, member: 29398"] I myself am one such, and completely subscribe to this concept. But I still like tracking xp. If you don't want your PC to miss out on the xp then get stuck in rather than hanging back as a PC or playing on your phone as a player. You're right that favouritism can become an issue: the way to beat this is instead of giving out xp as a lump sum, give them out event-by-event and in the process explain who got what and why. (thus, when xp are given out each player in theory ends up with a string of numbers to add together) At my table xp distribution happen usually once every half-dozen sessions unless I know someone's close to bumping, and it takes maybe 15 minutes total. Figuring out the numbers takes me-as-DM maybe another 15 minutes, and I can do this anytime I like between sessions. I want the PCs who do things to be the ones who earn the xp reward; further, I want the reward to (ideally, it's just not really possible to quantify this in practice) reflect the indivudal risk taken. Oh, and a side note: in my view xp are a reward for what the character does, not the player: I don't care how many of your beer you let me drink during the games, your characters aren't getting any extra xp for it! :) [/QUOTE]

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