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Message: <blockquote data-quote="s/LaSH" data-source="post: 1030306" data-attributes="member: 6929">Here's what I think:XP is not experience.It is a measurement of advancement most of the time, true. But you don't use your XP total as an adjustment on any rolls. No, you use it to calculate your overall power level, your vibrancy, your core energy or whatever.Someone with more XP is more powerful. Why do they have XP? I don't know. Maybe they beat up monsters, maybe they spent 20 years studying calculus. Maybe they're just better than you, like dragons - a dragon doesn't have to get XP to grow, after all.In my opinion, the XP drain doesn't go far enough for the desired effect - you're supposed to be drained after crafting your masterwork. Not gaining a level as fast isn't the same as being debilitated. You haven't forgotten anything - you're just debilitated by the energy drain. Like glandular fever or something.While we're at it, I reckon energy drain attacks should do XP damage, not abstract levels. That way some pathetic wraith isn't much of a threat at all to a level 20 character.Rant rant rant. I'll just finish with my point that item creation assists your ability to fulfil your goals, even if you give it to your friend the fighter. So you're not suffering at all by crafting items - in fact, you're helping your cause. That's something people often lose sight of.</blockquote>