XP for Research

[liondriel]

Not sure how much of this would be considered spoilers so I will hide the majority, just in case.

Spoiler:

After the funeral the PCs are left to do research on various topics and the book gives XP values for every clue found out. Now, are these handed out to the PC(s) doing the successful research or do they go to the party as a whole, in which case: Do they get split up evenly or do indeed all members get 50XP for discovering the DC 10 information about Harrowstone?

[James Jacobs]

ALL XP awards given out in a Pathfinder adventure are intended to be split evenly among all PCs. Individual XP awards aren't really good for the game, since that creates an unnecessary and possibly disruptive artificial sense of competition.

If you discover a clue that grants a 50 XP award, that amount gets split up among the party. If you have the standard 4 PCs in a group, that basically means each PC gets 12 XP (round fractions down).

Not a lot, but enough, hopefully, to reward the PCs for progressing the adventure's storyline.

[Calixymenthillian]

And presumably, the xp is also awarded if no research takes place, but a character just knows the information by making the appropriate check?

[James Jacobs]

Calixymenthillian wrote:

And presumably, the xp is also awarded if no research takes place, but a character just knows the information by making the appropriate check?

A character "just knowing the info by making the check" IS research. It's just easier research than looking through books or talking to locals. It doesn't matter how the PCs learn the clues and info, as far as XP awards care.

[liondriel]

Thank you James, that clears it up. It's the first AP I actually run :)