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The Layonara Community => Ask A Gamemaster => Topic started by: Skywatcher on December 22, 2007, 03:13:20 AM

Title: Something odd
Post by: Skywatcher on December 22, 2007, 03:13:20 AM

I noticed something weird tonight and was wondering what was going on.  I was up in the Thunder Peaks in the maze and for about 30 min whenever we killed something there was no XP for it.  I think there might have been a GM controlling some of the creatures.  Would a GM controlling a creature prevent XP from being awarded for the creature?  Just curious.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Something odd
Post by: Weeblie on December 22, 2007, 03:27:56 AM

If I recall correctly, due to a Bioware quirk, GM possessed reatures do not give XP (not sure, but it might also be so if the AI is disabled). Only controllig, by "selecting and clicking on the players", the XP should be handed out just fine.

Were you perhaps under the influence of a "death-ghost" effect? There are no XP gain in those situations (I think). And perhaps it was a "death-ghost" effect that accidentally lingered due to bug?

In other words, did your whole party not get XP, or was it just you?

Title: Re: Something odd
Post by: merlin34baseball on December 22, 2007, 01:30:45 PM

I was in a party recently recently where a player OOC remarked that they were receiving no XP... they logged and relogged and it seemed to fix it. Also several days ago I was playing Chaynce and was getting no XP from killing skellies in the Vehl crypt but was under the death effects so I figured that was what it was so I didn't worry about it.

Title: Re: Something odd
Post by: Skywatcher on December 22, 2007, 01:33:16 PM

No. We definitely weren't dead although I came close a couple of times and it was the same for both Krysthalien and I in party.  Every once in a while we would get XP from a creature but most there was none.  Thanks.

Title: Re: Something odd
Post by: jan on December 22, 2007, 01:38:32 PM

I had a similar experience with my second char , i died a day before and was done reflecting and rested ...still it took another rest to fix it .

Title: Re: Something odd
Post by: Skywatcher on December 22, 2007, 06:09:01 PM

I don't think this has anything to do with the death condition because it was on and off and no resting or death was involved.  We were getting XP and then we weren't and then we were again.  Same creatures and same areas and no deaths.

Title: Re: Something odd
Post by: Falonthas on December 22, 2007, 06:53:07 PM

yeah we ran into that during the impromptu crypt quest some gave xp and some didnt, but it was doing this before we died not after

and it was the normal spawn undead that didnt give xp the specials happy was using did fine

Title: Re: Something odd
Post by: Skywatcher on December 22, 2007, 08:37:20 PM

Ok that must be it.  Thanks.