Total XP available in 8.1.0 NC

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  1. pblack476

    pblack476 Established Member

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    Hi, I'd like to know how much XP a PC can usually gather in this game. I know XP varies according to the level of your party x the level of the enemies, but I'd like to know guidelines to where you can expect to be in terms of level by certain points in the game.

    I just finished the 4 temples quests playing the game in the optimal way XP-wise except I didn't do the "wait two levels before leveling" trick, and my 3 PC + 1 NPC party got to lvl 10.

    I still have a good chunk of the temple left with strong enemies so I expect to get a level or two by the time I defeat Ziggy, but I have no clue as to how much XP is there to be gained in Verbobonc. Can I expect to reach lvl 20 with 4 characters? Will I reach it too soon? Or just in the very end?

    And a normal party of 5 that starts the game? Is co8 tailored to get 5 chars to lvl 20 or you can only get to that level playing in a reduced party?
     
  2. sirchet

    sirchet Force for Goodness Moderator Supporter

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    Fewer party members will give you higher levels due to splitting the XP less.

    I usually have a four man/woman party and I get level 19 for most and 20 for my tank right near the end.

    I normally play NG and do every quest and fight I can. A lot of the XP later on comes from the high level random encounters on the map.
     
  3. Daryk

    Daryk Veteran Member

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    I can usually get a party of six to level 20, but I use the "wait two levels" trick, especially now that they've tried to fix the scaling above level 10.
     
  4. outdrack

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    The contents in NC scales to your level after 10?

    What kind of scaling are we talking about

    Or am I misinterpreting this
     
  5. sirchet

    sirchet Force for Goodness Moderator Supporter

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    It doesn't so much as a scale to your level, but follows DnD raw where a lower level character will gain more XP from a creature than a higher level character. It looks at the difference in CRs.

    A level 5 character will gain more XP from killing a CR 11, (if he can and live) than a level 7 character killing the same creature.
     
  6. outdrack

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    I was quite worried there for a second :dizzy:

    Thank you for taking your time explaining this

    To op, I think if you take account of resting then killing respawn creatures. There is technically infinite xp in this game
     
  7. sirchet

    sirchet Force for Goodness Moderator Supporter

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    Right there is, but the feats and such are only in for 20 and below and some of those just couldn't be done.

    There IS a great deal of over level 10 feats and spells though.
     
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