Editing The Vrolk Saga (section)

==XP Awards Explained==
Awarding Experience Points in D&D is a combination of exact numbers (for monster kills/defeats) and GM Fiat based awards (for Non-Combat Encounters, Role-Play, etc...).  For combat encounters I use [http://www.geocities.com/edymnionii/EPLvsEL.html The Encounter Calculator] (Difficulty based Individual XP column).  Non-Combat encounters are based on player creativity and situational danger/potential. Bluebook post are each worth the equivalent of one Challenge Rating .5 defeat, if a player writes/replies 3 times to Bluebooking articles that PC will recive the xp total x3.  <br> Since many of the encounters ARE NOT built on a "Challenge Rating" scale, some are meant to NOT be defeated in combat.  While that is an option (if PCs get lucky) the method of reward is usually the Combat Award Value of the Combat divided by 2 (give or take) for "defeating" the situation in another way.  This can result in a LARGE Experience Point reward in many higher Challenge Rating Encounters, well worth the effort of overcoming the obsticle in a Non-Combat way.  <br>  Players recieve the XP awards based on their attendance of the games, unless special circumstances are noted.  <br>  If you have questions regarding XP Totals please ask.