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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 1267440" data-attributes="member: 2804">You are right, hong, in that HP and the standard D&D assumption work great in creating the sort of epic badass heroes found in literature and comics.The problem is that literature and comics are a medium entirely controlled by an author. The actions of these heroic characters stay in their social frameworks because the author writes them that way.A DM playing with a bunch of unpredictable players does not have that luxury.As far as XP for NPCs goes, obviously a replacement for the kill things and level up model needs to be found. I say give experience for story and deemphasize combat based XP. Also give experience for time and/or training. For example, if an NPC or PC practices some set of skills such as magic or even blacksmithing for a year, give them a level. So a blacksmith with 20 years of experience at the forge would be a 20th level expert and so on.</blockquote>