Experience awards for not fighting monsters?

[tylermo]

My players are one final battle from wrapping up A0:The Rising Knight. Is experience awarded for monsters or creatures that the party interacted with, but(for one reason or another)didn't fight? SPOILERS.....................

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There was a Lammasu in a tower that the party didn't fight. They merely spoke to the creature who was unknown to them. They met some Pixies prior to that. Interaction only. No combat. They fought a total of 3 Gnolls(one of which was one of the two primary villains). I assume he's worth a bit more? And, they fought a handful of skeletons. One of them was a being who was partially re-animated(as a result of the Gnoll performing a sacrificial ritual on one of the PC's). Would that skeleton be worth more experience? Thanks.

[gideon_thorne]

That's up to you. I'd award the same experience points for an encounter avoided. But that's just me.

[tylermo]

That's what I was thinking. Especially in the case of the Lammasu.

[CKDad]

Sounds like they qualified for some role-playing experience, if they talked instead of fighting.

[mbeacom]

I give equal experience for "overcoming" a monster/NPC/etc. If players only get XP for killing they will have a greater motivation to fight than to talk or sneak or trick, etc and I like games with a good balance of fighting/talking/sneaking/tricking.

[tylermo]

There will be some roleplaying experience, as well as the usual rewards.

[Rikitiki]

Way back when, I had a player who, realizing he could get XPs
for killing things, started bashing everything that came
along -- had to start knocking down his XPs for frivolous kills.
So, YES, award them for good role-playing...managing to get
past something by negotiating, bartering, trickery, etc, should
earn something.

[Omote]

Absolutely.

~O