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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 2829558" data-attributes="member: 545">IMNSHO the best practice is for the DM to figure out appropriate XP without regard to the precise particulars of the party (while taking into account the general style of the campaign which may influence the overall power level of the party and appropriate rate of levelling).If you punish your players for "good luck", then logically you should reward them for "bad luck".  If you do this you will inadvertently reward stupidity and the players gaming the DM.  That can only lead to madness.  Do not go there.Another related topic is how to handle specialized abilities.Should you give your party fewer xp for fighting Undead when they happen to have a high Charisma Cleric who can vaporize his foe with a wave of a his holy symbol?  In general, no.  That PC spent a lot of precious resources to be effective at crushing Undead.  Presumably that Cleric is slightly less effective against some other kind of threat.Likewise, in general, do not give more xp if the party lacks some particular ability.  Fighting Undead and you have no Cleric or Paladin?  Tough cookies!  Some parties, frex, are great a hammering away with Keen weapons and Sneak Attack.  They are better at killing other foes.  If the PCs as a group chose to stack up similar strengths and weaknesses in the same party, let them reap the rewards (luck crits downing enemies in Round 1) and pay the price (trouble with Undead, elementals, etc.).But those are just rules of thumb.  I would reconsider if the campaign specialized in fighting particular enemies.</blockquote>

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