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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 3061170" data-attributes="member: 8835">Generally, you get XP for defeating your enemies that were a threat. (carefully worded there)&quot;Defeating your enemies&quot; usually means killing, driving off, or subduing.&nbsp; Basically, the party didn't run away or die.&quot;were a threat&quot; means they were not so weak as to not actually be a threat.&nbsp; 1 1st leve goblin to a 10th level party is NOT A THREAT.&nbsp; The XP tables reflect this.Thus, if the party killed some, turned some, made some run away, the defeated the encounter and get the XP.If they come back the next day, and face the remaining bad guys, well, there's fewer of them, less of a threat.&nbsp; Do the math.If they come back a year later, and 5 levels higher, well, now the party level is much higher than before, versus the now lower EL, once again, do the math.If they face Room 1 with 10 zombies and &quot;defeat it&quot; and face Room 2 with 5 zombies and defeat it, how is that any different from facing the same remaining zombies in room 1 again?&nbsp; It's not.&nbsp; Just do the math on the encounter and let the system take care of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 3061170, member: 8835"] Generally, you get XP for defeating your enemies that were a threat. (carefully worded there) "Defeating your enemies" usually means killing, driving off, or subduing. Basically, the party didn't run away or die. "were a threat" means they were not so weak as to not actually be a threat. 1 1st leve goblin to a 10th level party is NOT A THREAT. The XP tables reflect this. Thus, if the party killed some, turned some, made some run away, the defeated the encounter and get the XP. If they come back the next day, and face the remaining bad guys, well, there's fewer of them, less of a threat. Do the math. If they come back a year later, and 5 levels higher, well, now the party level is much higher than before, versus the now lower EL, once again, do the math. If they face Room 1 with 10 zombies and "defeat it" and face Room 2 with 5 zombies and defeat it, how is that any different from facing the same remaining zombies in room 1 again? It's not. Just do the math on the encounter and let the system take care of it. [/QUOTE]

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