Awarding XP

[Sicktabou]

Hello all!


So when you award xp for an encounter, all you need to do is take the XP value of the encounter, multiply it by the threat level and then...do you need to divide this total by the number of players in the group?

What confuses me is the example on page 342:

A party of five characters Levels 4, 7, 9, 10, and 18 (TL 9) completes an adventure with a total base reward of 800 XP. The adventure’s Menace is IV (Dangerous), which increases the TL by 2 (to 11). Each character gains 8,800 XP

Example: 3 Standard trolls vs a party of 4, at threat level 5.

The troll worth 91xp. This becomes 455 considering the threat level, but gets reduced to 342 when applying the mob ratio (3 troll vs 4 players).

Is the 342xp split among the players (85,5xp each) or do they all get the 342xp?


Thanks!

[Dhampire]

No, you don't divide the total.

800xp award * TL11 = 8,800xp each

Ex. each gets the 342.

[Crafty_Alex]

XP in our games is awarded on a per-character basis rather than divided - just like real life, the difficulty of an experience is not finite or reduced by having other people present. In your example, they would all get the 342 XP.

[Krensky]

I think the US number format got him.

Sicktabou, in the example, that eight thousand eight hundred not eight and eight tenths. We use a comma to group thousands and a period for the decimal mark.