When do you award experience to Dead characters?

[iwatt]

Well, that's the question. When do you award experience to the characters: before or after casting Raise Dead ?

Thanx

 

[Evilhalfling]

After - Rasing dead is a fair amount of work - unless you have a 9th lvl cleric in the party.
best to reduce the penalty as much as possible.

 

[Thanee]

They get full XP for the combat (or encounter/situation) they died in.

Then they get the level hit.

However, we have house ruled level loss to be a flat XP loss of 1,000 XP times previous level minus one (i.e. -10,000 XP if going down from 11th to 10th level). Makes things a lot easier. And yes, it's possible to not actually lose a level, if you are very close to leveling up.

Bye
Thanee

 

[CRGreathouse]

When I DM, IO give it before or after -- whichever helps more. (If they'd gain a level and lose it back they can have the XP first; otherwise they can get it second.)

 

[Kershek]

I believe the RAW is to give the XP after you raise them.

IMC, I've house-ruled it to give a negative level for 1,000 XP times previous level minus one. Much easier to handle (especially for combat trackers such as DM Genie).

 

[iwatt]

I believe the RAW is to give the XP after you raise them.

Can someone confirm this?

By the way, I like the idea that losing a level means losing the prevoius levelx1000. I think it's fairer than getting docked to 1/2 the pervoius level.

 

[Kershek]

Hmm, I retract my RAW statement. I just looked in the PHB and didn't find the language I thought was in there. Then I went to google groups and saw a long thread arguing the point. It appears it needs to be clarified (therefore, the DM should choose when the character gets the XP).

 

[diaglo]

i don't.

dead characters didn't overcome the obstacle. they died.

 

[Ladytribble]

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[dcollins]

My DMG says to award XP to a character after they are raised. Ch. 7, "Experience Awards: Death and Experience Points". (3.0 DMG p. 169).