I've been playing the bulk of my AL stuck in Strahd. Woo hoo.
Having said that, we played for FOUR hours last night, and no this is not on the DM really, and we did have a significant amount of RP, but no encounters so we got ZERO xp.
There has to be some algorithm, like 50 xp an hour or something if there is no combat. Strahd is so freaking miserable by itself, and then to have the potential for no xp is just silly. Not to mention the characters who are now stuck in Strahd and didn't even earn enough downtime days to get out again without going negative.
I'm aware that the DM could have forced encounters, but that also defeats the purpose of rolling for them.
I think the current theory is that the new season will implement the shared campaigns rules from XGtE. Though it doesn't explicitly say how that will affect the hard cover adventures (that have no explicit play time listed), it's reasonable to assume (based on how downtime is awarded in hard cover adventures) that one checkpoint per hour played will be awarded.
I don't know if that will help your current character, but it might help some future RP heavy character.
I think the current theory is that the new season will implement the shared campaigns rules from XGtE. Though it doesn't explicitly say how that will affect the hard cover adventures (that have no explicit play time listed), it's reasonable to assume (based on how downtime is awarded in hard cover adventures) that one checkpoint per hour played will be awarded.
I don't know if that will help your current character, but it might help some future RP heavy character.
That's great to know, thanks!
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
*avatar by @ZomgDae on Twitter*
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
I've been playing the bulk of my AL stuck in Strahd. Woo hoo.
Having said that, we played for FOUR hours last night, and no this is not on the DM really, and we did have a significant amount of RP, but no encounters so we got ZERO xp.
There has to be some algorithm, like 50 xp an hour or something if there is no combat. Strahd is so freaking miserable by itself, and then to have the potential for no xp is just silly. Not to mention the characters who are now stuck in Strahd and didn't even earn enough downtime days to get out again without going negative.
I'm aware that the DM could have forced encounters, but that also defeats the purpose of rolling for them.
*avatar by @ZomgDae on Twitter*
I think the current theory is that the new season will implement the shared campaigns rules from XGtE. Though it doesn't explicitly say how that will affect the hard cover adventures (that have no explicit play time listed), it's reasonable to assume (based on how downtime is awarded in hard cover adventures) that one checkpoint per hour played will be awarded.
I don't know if that will help your current character, but it might help some future RP heavy character.
*avatar by @ZomgDae on Twitter*