Re: (TFT) Re: (TFT) XP for gold

[Andreas Davour <ante@Update.UU.SE>]

On Tue, 1 Sep 2015, PvK wrote:

> The only time I have tried xp for gold was when trying to understand 
> and play White Box D&D, and like so many things about D&D, it mainly 
> didn't make sense to us and we mainly just used it as a laughing 
> stock. I now have heard from old D&D players that it was in the 
> context of dungeons, and designed to reward accomplishing goals 
> through whatever means, which makes some sense to me if not used 
> literally. That is, forget gold and say accomplishing certain things 
> earns some xp, and that makes sense to me. However I now prefer trying 
> to use xp to represent things that would actually improve abilities, 
> rather than rewards. Of course, players should play how they like. In 
> TFT we used the latest version of the TFT co rules, which eventually 
> was ITL plus errata, and then a house rule where you got more or less 
> xp for fighting stronger or weaker foes, taking equipment and magic 
> into account.

That's a sensible kind of house rule, yes.

-andreas

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