If I was a teacher I'd probably be fired after the first day.Lord Dynel wrote:This is why I don't think I could ever be a teacher. That's not a dig at you, Iron. It's one of those cases where I see it perfectly but you don't. And I'm like, "It's right there!!"
I have decades of rpg knowledge and I couldn't see it.I think a lot of C&C (think "equipment section" ) assumes that the player has some prior RPG knowledge.
No you don't. Though I'd like to challenge you to a DJ competition.I guess I think the examples work just fine, for me, because my reasoning is that whether you have a monster you whip up yourself or one listed in the book, you still have an A xp + B xp/hp formula. Since the examples tell you what to do with that second number it seems clear to me. No, they don't literally say "this is the number after the "+" but they both say "plus X experience per hit point" - it seems clear to me. I don't want to come off like I'm so superior intellect or anything, so my apologies if I am.
I understand it now. You did do a good job at explaining it. Maybe it would be apparent to some newbies, but reading between the lines is not the best way to introduce a rule. I guess reading between the lines isn't the proper thing to say, as the rule is right there. The confusion for me was, the way it was written and the statement that the monster entries were the average made the monster entries fluid when it came to awarding xp. Then my assumption was that the extra xp (Didn't help that the chart says "Per HP" and the "Experience Per hit point" both use "per" which makes one assume that the "per hp" is rolled into the stat of the monster xp. That was what really confused me. It wasn't apparent you separate the two.In my opinion, I think a couple things ought to be explained (or clarified) in a new printing:
1) How to calculate XP for monsters properly: A xp + B xp/hp and what that means.
2) That the XPs for the individual creatures listed in the book are complete and no work needs to be done on them.
3) The chart for "determining your own XP" are for your own creatures and how to use it.
4) The chart for "determining your own XP" doesn't always, 100% of the time, work for monsters already in the book. in other words, they don't always "reverse engineer."
I think a more clear wording would eliminate that.
Now that I get it, it is easier to add the +(number) to the monster stat then the original.