Comments on: 13.33 encounters later… http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later The D&D Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dave http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1793 Dave Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:11:21 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1793 Yeah I level my characters up just fast enough so that they still are having fun. I like my players to grind levels so that they level up fast, because leveling is a great feeling. Like Yax said, you can never level too fast or too slow, as long as the DM stays at the same pace. If it's cool with the players, might as well level fast! Yeah I level my characters up just fast enough so that they still are having fun. I like my players to grind levels so that they level up fast, because leveling is a great feeling.

Like Yax said, you can never level too fast or too slow, as long as the DM stays at the same pace. If it’s cool with the players, might as well level fast!

]]> By: Khorboth http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1670 Khorboth Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:39:30 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1670 I have thrown XP completely out the window. I have my PC's level up when they have accomplished something significant or have suffered something significant. This is working out well in my Rolemaster game. In the Dragonlance Chronicles, I actually went through the module and penned in when levels happened so that I could control advancement to 20. This worked out extremely well. Overall, I have found that calculating XP takes a bunch of time and is ultimately meaningless. PC's either stay in a tight pack where they level at most one session apart or they start to become unbalanced. XP rewards are also a large source of metagaming. I don't like using real time because this would lead to inappropriate leveling. I've spent several sessions in pure intra-group roleplaying, and I can't justify giving a level for this. It's satisfying gaming, but won't help a sword skill. I have thrown XP completely out the window. I have my PC’s level up when they have accomplished something significant or have suffered something significant. This is working out well in my Rolemaster game. In the Dragonlance Chronicles, I actually went through the module and penned in when levels happened so that I could control advancement to 20. This worked out extremely well.

Overall, I have found that calculating XP takes a bunch of time and is ultimately meaningless. PC’s either stay in a tight pack where they level at most one session apart or they start to become unbalanced. XP rewards are also a large source of metagaming.

I don’t like using real time because this would lead to inappropriate leveling. I’ve spent several sessions in pure intra-group roleplaying, and I can’t justify giving a level for this. It’s satisfying gaming, but won’t help a sword skill.

]]> By: Dungeon Mastering » Rewarding players with XP http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1637 Dungeon Mastering » Rewarding players with XP Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:31:04 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1637 [...] 13.33 encounters later… [...] [...] 13.33 encounters later… [...]

]]> By: Yergi http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1634 Yergi Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:13:34 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1634 This is actually how I do it. We play once a week, and so I set it up to where the party levels once a month. I find that four sessions per level gives them enough time to appreciate their current level without tiring of it, and keeps the anticipation of a new level at a healthy amount. This is actually how I do it. We play once a week, and so I set it up to where the party levels once a month. I find that four sessions per level gives them enough time to appreciate their current level without tiring of it, and keeps the anticipation of a new level at a healthy amount.

]]> By: ScottM http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1633 ScottM Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:33:25 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/1333-encounters-later#comment-1633 Real time is the way to go. Some D&D variants explicitly endorse it (like True20's "level up when the GM says so"). In our last campaign, we got a set XP based on level times a fixed multiplier [easy session 100, medium 200, hard 300]. I'm taking it one step further in our new campaign: level once per 2-3 sessions, at the GM's whim. (Basically, True20 style.) It'll be every two sessions near the beginning, every three when they hit the sweep spot. Real time is the way to go. Some D&D variants explicitly endorse it (like True20′s “level up when the GM says so”). In our last campaign, we got a set XP based on level times a fixed multiplier [easy session 100, medium 200, hard 300].

I’m taking it one step further in our new campaign: level once per 2-3 sessions, at the GM’s whim. (Basically, True20 style.) It’ll be every two sessions near the beginning, every three when they hit the sweep spot.

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