PF2 Kingmaker GM question

[Tyson Hinrichs]

Am I missing something regarding rewarding XP to my players in chapter 8, part 4? No XP rewards are mentioned in the entire part, but according to the level tracker, and the title page for chapter 8, the party is supposed to go from level 14 to level 15.

[Hilary Moon Murphy]

I always just use way points for XP in adventure paths, anyway. I just tell my players, "Bring X level characters next time!" when we complete key sections and ignore the XP altogether.

Also, I think this question is best answered in the Kingmaker (2e) Forum, so I'm flagging this thread to be moved there.

Hmm

[James Jacobs]

There's a lot of sandbox content that can take place throughout this Adventure Path, and as a result, more than most Adventure Paths, the "each chapter contains enough XP to level you up" idea doesn't really make sense for Kingmaker. That said, Chapter 8 absolutely should have had some advice on how to award XP as the PCs work through its events and encounters. The easiest way to handle it is to just grant the PCs 1,000 XP for succeeding at the chapter's goal. A more complicated way is to grant 30 XP each time the PCs a Liberation Point that puts them 1 point closer to 30 points (if they lose Liberaiton Points and then regain them, they shouldn't earn XP for regained Liberation Points), so that once they hit 30 Liberation Points, they'll have earned 900 XP for the chapter. Then grant them 100 XP for hitting 30 Liberation Points.

[Tyson Hinrichs]

James Jacobs wrote:

There's a lot of sandbox content that can take place throughout this Adventure Path, and as a result, more than most Adventure Paths, the "each chapter contains enough XP to level you up" idea doesn't really make sense for Kingmaker. That said, Chapter 8 absolutely should have had some advice on how to award XP as the PCs work through its events and encounters. The easiest way to handle it is to just grant the PCs 1,000 XP for succeeding at the chapter's goal. A more complicated way is to grant 30 XP each time the PCs a Liberation Point that puts them 1 point closer to 30 points (if they lose Liberaiton Points and then regain them, they shouldn't earn XP for regained Liberation Points), so that once they hit 30 Liberation Points, they'll have earned 900 XP for the chapter. Then grant them 100 XP for hitting 30 Liberation Points.

Thanks very much for the detailed response. This is perfect.