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#1 WolfgangDroven Apr 23, 2015 9:16:54	What is the experience that a NPC character give. For example a level 1 fighter attacks the group. They kill him. Does level determin CR? So he would be worth 200xp and a level 5 is worth 1800? Assuming a prepared and properly equiped NPC.   Do you determine a group of NPCs as individual CR or just one (in which case how do you determine CR for purposes of XP) Example: The group fights and is victorious against an evil group consisting of a level 1 barbarian, level 2 rogue, level 3 fighter, level 4 wizard and a level 5 cleric...individually their xp would be 200+450+700+1100+1800=4250. Where as if it had been a group of all level 5s it would be 1800x2 group multiplier=3600.   Or do you as DM determine randomly what you think the fight was worth (if this is the case what method are you using to calculate it).   I looked for this in the books and could not find a clear explination. I may have missed it, so if I have please point it out to me.   Wolfgang
#2 iserith Apr 23, 2015 9:29:20	See DMG page 273 and the pages that follow for the steps for creating a monster and calculating its Challenge Rating. Its CR will then tell you its XP value.
#3 WolfgangDroven Apr 23, 2015 9:49:57	Very helpful. Except for NPC I never usually create monsters. How do you choose to calculate group NPC CR/experience then? I guess you could add the groups average AC and total HP to get defensive  CR and do similar to get offensive CR.
#4 iserith Apr 23, 2015 10:06:46	DMG page 92:    Challenge Rating. An NPC built for combat needs a challenge rating. Use the rules in chapter 9 [page 273] to determine the NPC's challenge rating, just as you would for a monster you designed.
#5 supreme_slayer Apr 23, 2015 10:34:20	The short answer there, is that there is no easy way to calculate the XP for an NPC, as a CR is the determinant factor. This can help you roughly estimate a CR, though http://1-dot-encounter-planner.appspot.com/quick-monster-stats.html