Comments on: How to play 5e D&D using GP = XP rules

By: Richard Harris

Richard Harris — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:56:11 +0000

You might give most of the wealth to another hoarding/leading creature, and tell your players that monsters are worth much xp, like in 1e. Then you can take that 300 xp/gp encounter and give it’s actual weatlth to a hoard or place it elsewhere, which should help.

You could also use the Swords and Wizardry rules for diversifying that coinage into gems/art and magic items.

By: solomani

solomani — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 22:55:27 +0000

Great idea, I’ve actually used the straight up 1gp = 1xp rule and it works but leveling is faster. In the end, I moved over to milestone progression which lets me pace adventures better so never revisited. But I like the XP = Treasure idea nonetheless.

By: Gieljan

Gieljan — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:33:50 +0000

Elegant solution! Our home campaigns never reach high level anyway, so the variation issue never pops up. Another possible solution: randomise XP=treasure by +-5%. Minigame: let the players roll that number at the end of the session. Same idea as letting them roll on the gem/treasure chart, I find that gets them sit up and pay attention way more than when I dole out preprepped loot or when I roll on the chart myself.

Question: do you keep the value of usable items out of the XP-calculation? Or do you present the players with the choice to either use the magic shield, or trade it in for XP?

By: Designbot

Designbot — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 20:20:09 +0000

My thoughts exactly:

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?511382-XP-for-gold-5th-Edition-campaign/page3&p=7079453&viewfull=1#post7079453