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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 5456129" data-attributes="member: 4348">Page and book where you got that 2e quadratic xp progression?I don't recall that in any of the 2e books.  It states more that it should take between 3-6 adventures, or up to 10 adventures, but ultimately is up to the DM for how much they earn with experience.3 adventures (min suggested) typically was MORE than 13 encounters in 1e and 2e.I suppose you could go with an adventure per session...but even then I think it would balance out to MORE than 13 encounters to level...though there really wasn't any such thing as "encounters" per se back then.PS:  Just to clarify, a DM COULD as per the rules give them as much XP as he wanted to have them level in ONE encounter if he wanted...just they could only level once per time XP was awarded.  However, as per the rules...with the monster XP...it could take quite a lot of battles to get to the next level.  Treasure wasn't inherently given just because you killed a monster...though if you were smart enough to figure out their lair...and then to their main treasure you could get the XP for it.That could be up to several hundred goblins or orcs that you'd deal with just to find it in the first place however.</blockquote>