Treasure for Experience

Characters will receive experience points for the treasure they acquire on adventures.  However, this will be awarded when the treasure is SPENT rather than gotten.  The player receives 1 XP for each 1 gp spent for certain things, but not for others.  As a general rule, things that are meant to advance the character’s power or adventuring ability will not result in XP awards, while things that develop the character’s story or personality will.

 

SPENDING THAT DOES NOT RESULT IN EXPERIENCE POINTS

 

Monthly maintenance for character, underlings and animals

Taxes, tolls, dues, fines, blackmail

Personal armor, weapons, adventuring gear

Spells for hire (divinations, raise dead, protective spells, healing etc)

Buying magic items or components

Spell research or item construction expenses

Travel expenses

 

SPENDING THAT DOES RESULT IN EXPERIENCE POINTS

 

Funerals for friends, family, henchmen

Purchase, repair, development of home/castle/land

Good Characters:  alms to the poor

Clerics:  destruction of valuable objects of enemy religion

Parties, Banquets, Bitching Keggers

Gambling Losses

Fancy Clothes and Jewelry

Presents to pretty ladies

Defenses/Armaments to defend nation or kin

Personal Collection

Statues, songs, plays in the character’s honor

 

SPECIAL SPENDING:  THE XP BANK

If a character spends money on a Sacrifice to his god (in whatever way that is permitted to his religion) the XP generated is special.   One half of the XP goes to the character directly, while the other is put into the Player’s XP Bank.   XP in the Bank can be applied to a new character when that new character is brought into play.