XP for a dream battle - yes/no?

[Terwox]

My entire current 4e campaign is a set of shared dreams.

The characters get experience (and shared powers between different incarnations of themself) for shared dreams.

So, my answer is something along the lines of "Yes, super-yes!"

Can't say I'd be miffed if I didn't get experience, although the game I'm a player in now simply doesn't award experience. But it's white wolf.

 

[tankschmidt]

Yeah, I'd give out exp. I'd also include exp from treasure, even though they don't get to keep the imaginary treasure. (unless they have it in the next dream combat, hmm...)

 

[webrunner]

The "Sleeper in the Tomb of Dreams" adventure in Dungeon magazine (http://www.wizards.com/download.asp?filename=155_Sleeper.pdf) has a dreamscape skill challenge that gives 1050xp

(as an aside, they use Skill checks as per the table on 42, but don't include the +5 for being skill checks, which is an interesting thing to note)

 

[SweeneyTodd]

Speaking purely practically...

If you don't give XP for it, prepare for your players to taunt you before every fight in the future with "Hey, is this a dream? How about this?"

(Whether or not it was a shared dream, if it got played out at the table, I'd award XP for it.)

 

[carborundum]

Thanks guys. Now I just have to work out some sort of rules basis for the shared dream

I know they'll start saying it's impossible without 9th level spell this-or-that, and I just want to tell a story.

Maybe the xp will keep them quiet!