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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 8129705" data-attributes="member: 40176">I kind-of like the XP system in Apocalypse World and the similar PBtA systems, where there are three potential outcomes to a check - full success, partial succes, and failure - and if you roll a failure, you earn an XP.I like it partially because the concept of learning from your mistakes is pretty neat, and partially because it means you always get something out of taking an action, even if it's only XP.Where it can break down is that I've seen some players basically just trying loads of actions in low-risk situations even if they're things their character is bad at, just for the chance to earn 'free' XP. This tends to take up a lot of time at the table for what amount more to wacky hi-jinks than actual role-play, and also tends to leave the less extroverted or proactive players lagging behind XP-wise.</blockquote>