Dragons, grr...

[Sir Goulum]

Am I the only one who thinks that Dragons ought to give a little more XP than 300? I was a little dissapointed today when I spent a good 45 minutes fighting one, only to have it give me a measly 300XP. Frustrating, but the armor it gave me was pretty nice. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[T-D-C]

Which Dragon was that ?

Also the XP is scaled on your level so it depends on if there was anyone in your party of a higher level.

[Legolas]

But the NWN dragons are so small, it's more like you're fighting Ancient Pygmy Dragons That Can't Fly. And those aren't worth as much xp as the real ones, are they?
Plus NWN reduced creature xp to 10% of the pnp values so the proper xp reward for beating the kind of Ancient Pygmy Dragon you did at your level would indeed have been greater, at 3000 points. [img]graemlins/nod.gif[/img]

[Garnet FalconDance]

I know that the one in lvl 5 (?) was rough, so when Razzmatazz took umbrage at my presence, I expected a tough fight as well. But he was a puss, comparatively speaking, and it was the Rakshasa who were were the pain.

[Sir Goulum]

Originally posted by T-D-C: Which Dragon was that ? Also the XP is scaled on your level so it depends on if there was anyone in your party of a higher level.

Um, the blue on level 13, in that secret dungeon place. I was the highest level at 24, my partner was at 20.
Maybe I'm just used to BGII/ToB, where you'd get like 60 000XP for a dragon. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[T-D-C]

WOW going tough at level 24 on Level 13.

I know the dragon you are talking about. Drops a nice armour but is a PAIN to kill. Especially since he has a HIGH Fort score so is almost impossible to dev crit.

[Sir Goulum]

Originally posted by T-D-C: WOW going tough at level 24 on Level 13. I know the dragon you are talking about. Drops a nice armour but is a PAIN to kill. Especially since he has a HIGH Fort score so is almost impossible to dev crit.

Yeah, but my equipment is pretty good. People usually have a hard time hitting me, and I have a hard time hitting them. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
That Black dragon in level 12 was MUCH easier. I could at least hit it most of the time. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[Ziroc]

Go play with old Greeny.. THEN let us know how easy dragons are

In the stone tower on level...8 I believe. [img]smile.gif[/img] 4000+ HP's.

[Sir Goulum]

Yuck, I'll remember to avoid that one. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[JrKASperov]

Originally posted by T-D-C: Also the XP is scaled on your level so it depends on if there was anyone in your party of a higher level.

As with most of the NWN rules, they imported it wrongly from the pnp stuff. XP is supposed to be measured by relative Encounter Class but also by hard level.

Meaning, fighting an easy lvl 1 goblin should give you 30 xp but fighting an easy crypt thing should give you 300. Not to mention there is somehow a cap on how much xp an 'impossible' encounter can give. A lvl 20 impossible is a whole lot different from a lvl 40 impossible believe you me.