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<blockquote data-quote="Jon_Dahl" data-source="post: 5338164" data-attributes="member: 89822">I give XP strictly by the book. But some situations are left vague in DMG so here are my views:- Character has to be somehow involved in the challenge. Some effort like standing in reserve behind the corner as agreed with whole group counts as &quot;involvement&quot; and earns full XP (everyone is hiding far away while roque disarms a trap =&gt; everyone shares XP).- XP for good roleplaying, but the maximum is 50 XP per character level per adventure. However if the characters raise level(s) during the adventure, the maximum is counted by the newly gained level(s)- I'm stingy with story awards and mission awards, I give them if the standard awards don't reflect the full challenge of the adventure. However usually standard awards (with adjustments) do reflect the difficulty of the adventure quite well.- I use XP adjustments a lot. If the challenge was too easy, XP is ducked.- I give CR to non-combat challenges and use them a lot. I feel that assigning how difficult it is to save the captive is better than trying some random story award. Like for instance the fact that orcs can kill the captive at any time makes it tactically more difficult for the players, thus defeating orcs earns 150% XP.So standard awards with fair adjustments, with occasional and small story awards and rarely mission awards (which are massive), plus miniscule amount of roleplaying XP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jon_Dahl, post: 5338164, member: 89822"] I give XP strictly by the book. But some situations are left vague in DMG so here are my views: - Character has to be somehow involved in the challenge. Some effort like standing in reserve behind the corner as agreed with whole group counts as "involvement" and earns full XP (everyone is hiding far away while roque disarms a trap => everyone shares XP). - XP for good roleplaying, but the maximum is 50 XP per character level per adventure. However if the characters raise level(s) during the adventure, the maximum is counted by the newly gained level(s) - I'm stingy with story awards and mission awards, I give them if the standard awards don't reflect the full challenge of the adventure. However usually standard awards (with adjustments) do reflect the difficulty of the adventure quite well. - I use XP adjustments a lot. If the challenge was too easy, XP is ducked. - I give CR to non-combat challenges and use them a lot. I feel that assigning how difficult it is to save the captive is better than trying some random story award. Like for instance the fact that orcs can kill the captive at any time makes it tactically more difficult for the players, thus defeating orcs earns 150% XP. So standard awards with fair adjustments, with occasional and small story awards and rarely mission awards (which are massive), plus miniscule amount of roleplaying XP. [/QUOTE]

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