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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 9798111" data-attributes="member: 4937">In general, yes.  I could always imagine exceptions.  If it's effectively permanent duration and hard to treat (a curse that is hard to break) that might be an SAXPB to me (-8 strength until you can find a 14th level caster to cast remove curse is "maimed to death").  But if it is merely long duration (10 minutes) and wide area effect (all within a 8" cone) then I'd tend to have this count as multiple SAXPB rather than an EAXPB.  However, that would be rare and would be in those cases where an otherwise very powerful "stunning" power was found in a relatively low HD monster.  A relatively high HD monster with a relatively powerful stunning ability already grants more XP for a SAXPB precisely because it's assumed high HD monsters will also have relatively powerful abilities.  Like we'd generally expect the "Rend" attack of a higher HD monster to do more damage than a lower HD monster, so that it does is in line with the expectations of the XP system.  In a weird case where you had a monster with two claw attacks that each did 3d6 damage, and if it successfully hit with both it would rend or crush for an extra 1d6 damage, I'm not even sure I'd count that as an SAXPB.  It's trivial compared to the overall power of the monster.  But a 2HD monster that has two claw attacks that each did 1d4 damage which if it hits for both does an extra 1d4 damage, to me that's a clear SAXPB because it's significant relative to the power of the monster, and if that rend did 3d6 damage that's maybe worth two SAXPB on a 2HD monster whereas it might be only one on a 12HD monster.Again, my goal would be principally end up in a situation where a ranking of the XP award provided by the monster would also be a ranking of the danger of the monster.</blockquote>

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