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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5335459" data-attributes="member: 177">I'm not running a 4e game right now, so I don't have a particular plan I prefer to use.When running 3.x, I tended to use a variant:  Determine how much XP the monsters and challenges would be if defeated in the obvious way (fighting, disarming traps, what have you).  Half to 3/4ths of that XP is what they get for just playing, and the other portion is for playing in interesting ways - cunning plans, solid characterization in role-play, cracking up everyone at the table with a really good joke, and so on.In the classic Deadlands game I currently run, I use the standard system - it has a built in GM-throttle, and doesn't penalize players for having scheduling conflicts too much.</blockquote>