A party XP fund rather than individual XP... A good idea? [Archive] - Wizards Community

A party XP fund rather than individual XP... A good idea? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Voldar_Mecorthio
07-29-06, 08:23 PM I dispise how in some games the DM awards XP only to people who beat the obsticle, or who give bonus xp or take away xp from players for some reason or another. It creates unbalance in the party, and that's very bad. I have an idea to eliminate the concept of individual XP totals. Instead, whenever XP is gained, it goes to a central party fund, and when it hits a milestone (the players handbook number times how many players), then everyone in the party would level up. Spells with XP costs would be converted to gp costs by 1gp=5xp. It seems to me that this solves all xp unbalance problems, but am I overlooking something? Please give me your opinions.
KurenaiYami
07-29-06, 08:27 PM What of item creation? If you did the same 1 Xp = 5 Gp thing, then things could get rather unbalanced rather quickly.
DM_Jericho
07-29-06, 08:30 PM I, personally, will not give different amounts of XP, or if I do, I will give ways for the rest of the party to make it up. However, the changing XP to GP is just asking for trouble.
pierow37
07-29-06, 08:33 PM i would say that 1 XP is equal to 5 GP.
Making a wish for only 1000gp. NO WAY MAN!
enlightened
07-29-06, 08:55 PM I dispise how in some games the DM awards XP only to people who beat the obsticle,
You hate that the people who are doing the work are getting rewarded?? :confused:

or who give bonus xp or take away xp from players for some reason or another.
If your DM is doing this based on how much you chipped in for the pizza, then I understand your complaint. However, if he is basing it off of role-playing (or lack thereof) then he is well within his rights as a DM.

It creates unbalance in the party, and that's very bad.
There would have to be a serious difference in XP totals to create a situation in which the characters are more than one level apart.

Can you give us some idea of the sizes of the XP awards and in what situations your DM is giving them?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Voldar_Mecorthio 07-29-06, 08:23 PM	I dispise how in some games the DM awards XP only to people who beat the obsticle, or who give bonus xp or take away xp from players for some reason or another. It creates unbalance in the party, and that's very bad. I have an idea to eliminate the concept of individual XP totals. Instead, whenever XP is gained, it goes to a central party fund, and when it hits a milestone (the players handbook number times how many players), then everyone in the party would level up. Spells with XP costs would be converted to gp costs by 1gp=5xp. It seems to me that this solves all xp unbalance problems, but am I overlooking something? Please give me your opinions.
KurenaiYami 07-29-06, 08:27 PM	What of item creation? If you did the same 1 Xp = 5 Gp thing, then things could get rather unbalanced rather quickly.
DM_Jericho 07-29-06, 08:30 PM	I, personally, will not give different amounts of XP, or if I do, I will give ways for the rest of the party to make it up. However, the changing XP to GP is just asking for trouble.
pierow37 07-29-06, 08:33 PM	i would say that 1 XP is equal to 5 GP. Making a wish for only 1000gp. NO WAY MAN!
enlightened 07-29-06, 08:55 PM	I dispise how in some games the DM awards XP only to people who beat the obsticle, You hate that the people who are doing the work are getting rewarded?? :confused: or who give bonus xp or take away xp from players for some reason or another. If your DM is doing this based on how much you chipped in for the pizza, then I understand your complaint. However, if he is basing it off of role-playing (or lack thereof) then he is well within his rights as a DM. It creates unbalance in the party, and that's very bad. There would have to be a serious difference in XP totals to create a situation in which the characters are more than one level apart. Can you give us some idea of the sizes of the XP awards and in what situations your DM is giving them?