Experience point

From NWNWiki

Experience points (XP) are an abstract measure of the experience, knowledge, and training that a PC gains while adventuring. They are gained from beating monsters, completing quests, and (in some modules) a variety of things from crafting to using skills.

The amount of experience required for each level can be found in the level progression (for levels 1-20) and epic progression (for levels 21-40) articles. It takes 1,000 XP per current level to reach the next level.

The formula used for monster XP awards is, according to BioWare, quite complicated, and though based on the D&D:3E system, it takes into consideration many factors including (but possibly not limited to) party size (including henchmen and summoned creatures), effective character level (a combination of class and level), and monster challenge ratings [1]. Some of this information is retrieved by the engine from the data files xptable.2da, racialtypes.2da, classes.2da and xpbaseconst.2da.

[edit] References

• Forum post by Georg Zoeller in BioWare's Neverwinter Nights forum "Archives: Builders - NWN Scripting", 03 April 2004.