Time for a little XP, don't get greedy there is enough for everyone.

[Private to Elsa: 136xp for your night time romp]
[Private to Kuruk Jobtawk: 300xp for your daring spear play]
[Private to Niailee Narske: 338xp for your work on the river]
[Private to Rand Al Thor: 338xp for taking that hit so well]
[Private to Ynvaar: 338xp for being my opening victem in that round of fighting]

XP For you!
[Private to Kuruk Jobtawk: 333 xp for killing off the bad goblins, Also give me a spot check]
[Private to Rand Al Thor: 333 for killing off the goblins, also, while searching the mage you found a small pouch of gems, 4 sapphires.  You don't think the others saw you find them.]
[Private to Ynvaar: 333 for killing off the goblins.  Also give me a spot check.]
[Private to Daemon: 100 xp for getting to the group, play it out how you like.]
This message was last edited by the GM at 01:15, Sat 08 Oct 2005.

Did I not give out xp since the start of October?  Let me know guys if I've forgotten...I don't recall any fights since then, but we'll drop something on you for a good story.  Let me know if I've forgetten a fight.  Thanks all!

XP for October, and this last fight.  Nov 9, assuming your going to kill that last undead.  So, do I keep giving you CR monsters over your limit for the big xp, or do we go back to normal fights?  Bear in mind, I have no problem killing you all for the fun of it :)

[Private to Daemon: 1175xp, Good job! better luck next fight on damage rolls though ;)]
[Private to Rand Al Thor: 1225xp, good job Rand, sorry it took so long for this round of xp :(]

[Private to Selim: 525 for the fight, and 150 for waiting for me for so long, thanks :)]
[Private to Ynvaar: 1225xp for this fight, and for last months rp, sorry for the delay...damn giant size reach :P]
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:49, Thu 10 Nov 2005.

Damn I hate making stupid mistakes....

[Private to Daemon: 230 for the month...Get ready for some more action in Dec.]
[Private to Rand Al Thor: 230 for the month...Get ready for some more action in Dec.]
[Private to Ynvaar: 230 for the month...Get ready for some more action in Dec.]
[Private to Ironaxe: Please roll 1d10 three times and give me the numbers in order.]
[Private to Milo Fleetfoot :  Please roll 1d10 three times and give me the numbers in order.]
[Private to Selim: 230 for the month...Get ready for some more action in Dec.]

Well, I know its not January just yet, but I figure, what the heck, Happy New Year everyone!

[Private to Daemon: 400 for the camp fight, 250 for getting into the camp, and 100 for keeping me guessing and enjoying the posts...moody little bastard you.  :)]

[Private to Grom Ironaxe: 450xp for the camp fight, good job Grom!]

[Private to Milo Fleetfoot: 450 for the camp encounter, Good job Milo...wasn't sure if you and Grom were going to survive that little deal.]

[Private to Rand Al Thor: 450 for the camp fight, 250 for getting to the camp from the old temple and whatever you need to get you to 4th lvl if this doesn't put you there.]

[Private to Selim: 450 for the camp fight, 250 for getting to the camp (rp for the walk to the camp)]

[Private to Ynvaar: 400 for the camp fight, 250 for getting to the camp, and don't forget to take your bonus xp for the logs.  also, 50 for keeping me entertained.]

Ahhh XP, the stuff of life!

[Private to Daemon: 500 xp for the assassin vine, 200 for the rounds of fight you lasted in the dino attack]
[Private to Grom Ironaxe: 500 for the assassin vine fight, 1150 for the dino attack.]
[Private to Rand Al Thor; Ynvaar: 450 for the assassin vine fight, 1000 for the dino atk.]

Well folks, I've set my goals too high for the first day, and I'm now at the point where I can finish reading for a detailed xp count, or read back about a month and try to get a reasonable 'back into action post' together.  I'm choosing the latter.

To get a start on the xp side of things though, I'm going to start with Ynvaar's list from the OOC thread, and I'll add in others if I find them when I finish my read-through.

Ynvaar and Rand, I'm assuming you were in for all three of these battles, since you're the old hands around here, so just yell out if you missed one. For the other four of you, please tell me if you were in these battles so that I can count your xp awards as well.

I'm only going to count characters who are still active for these awards, so there'll be a bit of a bump above what they would have otherwise been (unless that gives me riduculously high numbers).  Call it a bonus for adapting to the new DM...

6 Zombies,
7(at least I think it was 7) Scalykind
1 Yuan-Ti temple guard (an uber bitch)

Now I'm off to read back a couple of weeks so that I can get some sort of IC post out tonight as well.

EDIT: After some more reading, I just need answers on the zombies for Grom, Pug, and Hemmel.  Just let me know if you were in the zombie battle.  I know you were in the other two battles.  I'll go ahead and see if I can figure the xp for the other two lines (counted as three battles).  Let me know if you think I'm off track on any of my decisions on what you were facing.

Battle 1: 2 troglodytes at the top of the pit into the cult shrine.
 (Trogs count as scalykind and can produce the disgusting stench you faced)
Ynvaar, Rand, Hemmel, Pug, Grom - 120 xp each

Battle 2: 1 Yuan-ti Halfblood
 (I'm still truly debating the Halfblood/Abomination break, and I'm completly stumped as to where the Ev's Black Tentacles variant came from.)
Hemmel, Pug, Grom - 360 each
Rand - 320 xp
Ynvaar - 300 xp

Battle 3: 5 Yuan-ti Purebloods in the tunnel
Anton, Hemmel, Pug, Grom - 750 xp
Rand - 667 xp
Ynvaar - 625 xp

I'm breaking with Foxpaw's tradition of PMs for the experience awards at least for this post.  If the public posting bothers anybody, just let me know and I'll see if I can remember to PM yours in the future.

Battle 2 was against a Yuanti Holy Guardian.  I think the CR is 8.

 hmm, zombies?, the first battle we had was at healers camp, when rand and Ynvaar showed up and i was introduced to the plot.
 Iam thinking that was a big undead dino along with some handlers, then the next was from a feeding group of velociraptors on the trail, then the next one i can remember was at the snake pit (Yuan-ti).

Remember the 'zombie checkpoint':

Ynvaar took a very Tempuran attitude toward it.  ie- it wasn't a very long fight :-)

Ahh, yes.  Thanks. It's been a while since I read Serpent Kingdoms, though I'm working my way through it again for this game. ;-)

Also, after a read through on the stuff around the Holy Guardian, I'd be willing to bet the first pair were Tren rather than trogs...  OK.  Since it looks like some of you have already added in the first batch of xp, I'm going to post this as a difference between what I posted first, and what they should have been.

Battle 1: addition for changing from 2 trogs to 2 tren.
Hemmel, Pug, Grom - an additional 240 xp each
Rand - an additional 200 xp
Ynvaar - an additional 180 xp

Battle 2: Additional xp for the change to a Holy Guardian.
Hemmel, Pug, Grom - 720 each
Rand - 640 xp
Ynvaar - 600 xp

If that's as fast as you handle a CR8 critter though, I may need to rethink some of my plans...

And the zombie checkpoint seems to be the last of the unawarded xp that needs to be put out.  Let's fix that. :-)

6 Zombies – since I finally found the doubling rule I thought I remembered… we’ll count the whole group as one CR4 encounter that you had the good fortune to be remarkably well prepared for...

Hemmel, Pug, Grom – 270 xp each
Rand – 240 xp
Ynvaar – 200 xp

XP for the Pit Trap
Anton, Hemmel, Pug, Grom, Rand - 100 xp each
Ynvaar - 84 xp

XP for the four niferns
Anton, Hemmel, Pug, Grom - 450 xp each
Rand - 400 xp
Ynvaar - 375 xp

XP for the dart trap
For all six characters, 50 xp each

DM Jim,

The last lot of XP's was enough for pug to level up. Is it ok with you once where out of this "Dungeon" and rested up to up pugs level or would you rather pug waited.

That goes for me as well.


Thanks for the level up.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:32, Sun 03 Sept 2006.

Well, the official answer is that you wait until you rest, but since I'm a little worried about what's going to happen in this next encounter if I play it the way it needs to be played, I'm going to say go ahead and do it now.  Then I can relax and won't have to hold my breath quite so long. ;-)

That also goes for Hemmel.  I'd said before to wait until the end of the combat going at the time.  That time is now.  Sing out if you have any questions.

Those that prepare spells can't prepare to fill the new slots until they rest though.

OK, my level up is completed (except for daily spells.)  [looks over shoulder nervously...]

Thanks for the heads up.  When you get a chance to rest, you can prepare your new spells.

For this combat, I’m not going to count Anton in the totals, since he watched from the doorway.   Given his RL situation though, I’m going to trail him along at the back for a while longer.

Pureblood Sorc – CR4
Rand, Grom, Hemmel, Pug – 240 xp each
Ynvaar – 200 xp

Halfblood Cleric – CR6
Rand, Grom, Hemmel, Pug – 480 xp each
Ynvaar – 450 xp

Here are the posting xp for September.  I went ahead and used the character level as a multiplier to a smaller base.  Anybody who can't sleep can ask me about how I figure them.  It'll bore you silly. :-)

Ynvaar, I think I've been shorting you on xp.  For some reason I had you already at Level 6 in my notes.  I may take the time to go back and refigure, though more likely, if you don't object, I'll just eyeball it and fudge in a number.

Grom Ironaxe   128
Hemmel         144
Pug            144
Rand al Thor   205
Ynvaar         205

*grins*  Fudge away bud, fudge away ;-)

 squints one eye at his xp, hmm. )

Ynvaar, it looks like the combat xp awards between L5 & L6 bounce back and forth between 11% and 25%.  Since I appear to have awarded you a fuzz over 2000 combat xp, I'll split the difference between the two ends.  Add in another 350 xp.

I'm not perfect.  If any of you ever have questions about your xp, feel free to ask, and when I'm wrong, I'll be glad to correct things.

Grom, at the base of the posting xp awards is an attempt to award full xp for those that match the RoA spec of 3 posts per week, plus a small bonus amount for those who write strongly descriptive posts, or posts that clearly showcase some part of the character's personality.  There is an exception for any weeks where I don't meet the posting minimum with a timely spread between my posts, in which case all of you will be awarded that week's max.  I don't see why you should be penalized when I have problems.

If you want a fully detailed description and a list of my counts, just yell.  If you just want general advice, all I can suggest is 'post more'. :-)

To avoid clutter here though, if we need to continue this discussion, let's pick it up in the OOC thread.

October posting xp (through 11/4/06)

Grom Ironaxe   200
Pug            168
Rand al Thor   250
Ynvaar         250

I'm finally starting to get caught back up.  Here are the posting xp for the last three months.  Sorry for the delay.

November	
Grom Ironaxe  160
Pug           160
Rand al Thor  200
Ynvaar        200

December	
Grom Ironaxe  160
Pug           160
Rand al Thor  200
Ynvaar        200

January	
Grom Ironaxe  168
Pug            88
Rand al Thor  160
Ynvaar        250

Let me know if I've missed any combat xp.  I think I'm current, but I've been known to make mistakes.

Chult XP Guidelines, from the RoA DMG:

Experience Points should be awarded on a biweekly basis to all active participants in the region.

Grade the player on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being not much participation and poor quality to 5 being a good amount of participation and good quality writing).

Role-Playing Awards:  Grade  x (1% of next level XP)*

Goal Awards: ** Each goal achieved should be between 1/2% and 2% of the next level XP for each goal.

Encounter Awards:  This would be for defeating an enemy (not necessarily killing them). Awards are per 3.0 DMG Encounter Level XP awards.

TABLE 0: XP On Arrival or Carried Forward


TABLE 1: XP Earned


TABLE X: XP On Departure


TABLE Z: GM XP Award Tracking
5/1/07 - fbaker4 - 2000 - unspent
6/1/07 - fbaker4 - 2000 - unspent
6/1/07 - fbaker4 - 4000 - Spent on Ipetus of Waterdeep, RoA 5,3 Sword Coast North
7/1/07 - fbaker4 - 2000 - unspent
This message was last edited by the GM at 10:46, Sun 22 July 2007.

Chult XP Guidelines, from the RoA DMG:

Experience Points should be awarded on a biweekly basis to all active participants in the region.

Grade the player on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being not much participation and poor quality to 5 being a good amount of participation and good quality writing).

Role-Playing Awards:  Grade  x (1% of next level XP)*

Goal Awards: ** Each goal achieved should be between 1/2% and 2% of the next level XP for each goal.

Encounter Awards:  This would be for defeating an enemy (not necessarily killing them). Awards are per 3.0 DMG Encounter Level XP awards.

TABLE 0: XP On Arrival or Carried Forward


TABLE 1: XP Earned


TABLE X: XP On Departure


TABLE Z: DM XP Award Tracking
6/1/07 1000 unspent
7/1/07 1000 unspent

I'm going to just max out the posting xp for the end of July and all of August.  Call it a reward for your patience through all of the changes.  I've pulled the logs for September, and I've gotten my standard bookkeeping spreadsheet set up for all six of you now, so I should be back on track.

I'm going to post your combat xp as well.  In a departure from my standard practice, I'm also going to include a PL to each of you with what I'm showing for your current total.  If you have something different than I have for your total, PM me and we'll go through things until we agree.

If I remember right, there's a discussion of my normal posting xp process somewhere up this thread.  I'm having too much trouble getting rpol to behave tonight to go look for it though.  I'm just hoping this goes through...  I do want to point out that posting xp are adjusted for level as well.

July posting  xp
Balrok, Candlewick, Nikolai, and Ovi 75
Grom and Rand 125

August posting xp
Balrok, Candlewick, Nikolai, and Ovi 150
Grom and Rand 250

Battles with the Kuro:
Balrok, Candlewick, Nikolai, and Ovi 525

Battles with the wyverns
Grom and Rand 1500

[Private to Balrok: Total: 4,930]
[Private to Candlewick: Total: 4,090]
[Private to Grom Ironaxe: Total: 11,966]
[Private to Nikolai: Total: 4,650]
[Private to Ovi: Total: 4,920]
[Private to Rand Al Thor: Total: 13,190]
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:07, Fri 21 Sept 2007.

I haven't been doing a very good job on this part either.  Mea culpa.

Total xp 800 each.  This includes 150 per month posting xp for September through December, and a 200 xp Christmas bonus.

450 xp each for the combat with the kuro.  I didn't include Rand in the split, since he was pretty well gone for the whole thing.

750 xp each for posting and patience for January through March.

nothing to gain