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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 3868320" data-attributes="member: 3854">We just had another game session where this situation came up.The 3 PCs and 1 NPC exited the dungeon. They needed some special material components for very necessary spells (life or death necessity), so 1 PC and the NPC left to go get the materials. The other 2 PCs stayed at the dungeon exit and guarded.A monster came out of the dungeon, and the 2 PCs defeated it. One of the 2 PCs went to the dungeon entrance and called out to maybe bring out more monsters. Another monster came out, and the 2 PCs again defeated it. The monsters were dangerous, and either or both of the 2 PCs could have died.The 1 PC and the NPC returned to the group after the fights. They had acquired two "doses" of the material component they needed.I awarded xp for the two monsters to the group as a whole. This brought an argument: the 1 PC and NPC were not there for the fight, why do they get a split of the xp?This concept is a subject of argument right now in our group. We're all friends, so the argument is friendly. But it is a bone of contention, none the less.To add to the argument, one Player was absent for a game session, and his PC was sidelined from the dungeon delve. I gave him no xp for what the others did. This has been rolled into the overall argument about how to award xp.Quasqueton</blockquote>