Ok, so my party decided to explore the well outside the misgivings and thus skipped to the end without experiencing any haunts. They fought well, but the party Magus, who was the focus of Aldern's obsession, died in the fight. After the combat, they explored Aldern's room, experienced the haunt in the room, and defeated it. They then made the checks to determine how to end the haunts, and thus end the rest of the haunts in the manor.
So from there, they went back to Sandpoint in order to take care of the dead party member, recruit a replacement, and re-equip. At the same time, they found picked up a scroll of dispel evil (i gave it a 5% chance to be in the cathedral, and rolled a 3, go figure). So upon their return to the misgivings, they went straight down to the caverns again, and dispelled the haunt and cleansed the entire house.
And now, here is my question. By doing things in the way, they no longer have to encounter the haunts in the floors above. And thus, they are going to lose out on nearly 20k experience. So, do i reward them experience for defeating all the haunts? Or have they simply missed out and now I have to add in things to make up for the XP loss. Having not been in this situation before, I'm hoping to get some help. Thanks in advance folks!
