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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 7433658" data-attributes="member: 6775477">I currently halve the XP from combat (MXP), and have added in social xp (SXP), exploration xp (EXP), and quest xp (QXP) to balance out the difference. MXP is just half the normal xp, rounding down after totaled (I try to use even number of monsters if the xp total is odd). SXP is based on completing various tasks that require social interaction with NPCs, with the amount equal to an encounter for the adventure's average level (easy, medium, hard, and deadly). QXP is normally only used if the adventure has a primary goal that doesn't have to be completed for the adventure to end, or for side quests, and are normally equal to between 10% to 50% of the total value of the xp for the entire adventure.EXP is tricky, and I change it up for each adventure. I tried giving traps a CR, but quickly learned that this just doesn't work, since it can be easy for a party to bypass a higher level trap, earning far more xp than they should, not to mention that it often causes me to litter the adventure with traps to make up the xp total. For my megadungeon, I give out EXP for areas not previously explored, generally valued based on the dungeon depth. For a Hex-Crawl I've been running, I've given out EXP based on the difficulty of the area exploring (deep woods is worth more than open plains, for example). I've also created specific exploration challenges that work the same ways as social encounters.</blockquote>

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