Tales of the Rambling Bumblers – an RPG blog
Search Vague Countries Just another DIY D&D blog Menu About Index Search Search for: Close search Close Menu About Index Mastodon Twitter Reddit Categories Rules Hackbut – Experience Post author By King Kodok Post date March 30, 2023 2 Comments on Hackbut – Experience I have more posts on running Castle Xyntillan on the old to-do list, starting with one on our single delve per session doctrine. But I realized there are a few basic rules details I’d like to jot down here so I can then refer to those. Specifi
All XP in the game is gained from “looting stuff.” Treasure must be returned to a place of safety for it to count towards XP. Mundane items that are kept for use rather than sold do not net XP. Magic items do not net XP, ever. Each gold piece of treasure is worth 1 XP.
Side note on monster XP: I chose not to hand out XP for defeating monsters because I knew I wanted to disincentivize combat. An added benefit is that it reduces bookkeeping on my part. If I were to do monster XP, I would simply hand out 100 XP for each monster HD. In any case, not giving out monster XP has worked fine so far. Any slowdown in advancement is made up for by generous carousing rules, which I will detail some other time.
Tales of the Rambling Bumblers – an RPG blog