DnD assistance

[Jon Miller]

I can't calculate XP for the life of me, and neither can the GM

ok, two standard Wargs against 2x6, 1x3, 4x5 (number x level)

what does that come out to be?

please step me through it

also 3 owlbears versus 2x6, 4x5

what do thes come out to be?

JOn Miller

[Jon Miller]

go double posts

Jon Miller

[alva]

Posts!!!!! How 'bout threads

[rah]

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I'm really hoping that was an accident.

[Jamski]

OK, the Wargs are with an average party level of 5
The Owlbears are against an average party level of 5 too.

What is the challenge rating and standard EXP for the monsters?

The

[Jon Miller]

you were who I was hoping for

CRs of Wargs are ~2 (maybe 3)

the owlbears are 3 maybe 4

there is a table to calculate expereince but I don't know how to use it (or the average party level part)

there are three of us who sorta know the rules, and we all make different calculations on it (with end numbers of XP of ~900 to ~3000)

JOn Miller

[Jon Miller]

I guessI should say, 3.5 rules

JOn Miller

[Jamski]

Well, if the challenge rating is within 2 of the average party level use the standard EXP value. That's not the exact value but I don't have the tables in front of me.

Hold on... I'll look it up properly

-Jam

[Jon Miller]

but they are groups

doesn't that change things?

and what about us being a big group?

doesn't that change something

go over everything careulfly

(also how would a group of enemies work where there were several CR 1/3s as well as some CR 2s)

Jonn Miller

[Jamski]

You look at each enemy. For instance a 25th level char fighting a CR 25 dragon and 400 goblins would get the full EXP for the dragon and none for each goblin.

-Jam

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by rah
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I'm really hoping that was an accident.

I don't think your post-count increases when you start a thread, so there wouldn't be much benefit for starting multiple ones.

[Jamski]

Ok, I can't find the dammed book, but this is how it works.

Take the AVERAGE level of your party and round down. This is the "party level"
Take the CR of each monster individually and compare it with the "party level" - If it is more than 7 lower, then give no EXP. If it is the same give standard EXP, if it is higher, more EXP.
Blah, blah, blah... GM decides on EXP rewards...
Divide the EXP evenly between the group members at the end of the encounter.

-Jam

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Jamski
You look at each enemy. For instance a 25th level char fighting a CR 25 dragon and 400 goblins would get the full EXP for the dragon and none for each goblin.

-Jam

definitely wrong

there is sometihng called EL (encounter lelve), makes sense acutally (it is a lot harder to find 9 orcs at once (at level 3 for example) than to fight the 9 orcs one orc at a time

JOn Miller

[SnowFire]

I say just have the DM make up the XP. Fighting monsters shouldn't be your main source of XP anyway; solving problems should.

That said, I think Jamski is correct... for normal monsters. It's for enemy humans that the rules you refer to, JM, come into effect. For classed enemies, their CR is their (average) level, and every doubling of adversaries adds two to the EL. So a 6th level character is EL 6; a 5th & an 7th level character are EL 8; and a 5th, 5th, 6th, and 9th level character is a little more than EL 10.

Of course these numbers are ridiculous, because they don't take into account any special equipment or magic, the battle setting, etc. But that's what's canonical, at least.

[DarkCloud]

Well, there are some XP calculators on the net, one of the members in my D and D group downloaded one- but basically we usually just do what SnowFire suggests, make up XP... and actually, wev'e degenerated past that- now we're just at the point where I point at someone and tell them that he's leveled up