How is XP calculated in Arcanum?

I recently heard that XP isn't shared between party members - they just level up whenever you level up, and when they kill something no one gets XP. Is that true? If it is my gambler/persuayer(sp?) wouldn't level at all, right?

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Vicsun on 2001-10-03 09:25 ]</font>

 

Please reply... I want to know if my social char would be a total disaster.

 

Experience Points Distribution:

1 0
2 2100
3 4600
4 7700
5 11400
6 15500
7 20300
8 25600
9 31600
10 38300
11 45600
12 53600
13 62400
14 71900
15 82200
16 93300
17 105300
18 118200
19 132000
20 146700
21 162500
22 179300
23 197200
24 216300
25 236500
26 257900
27 280600
28 304600
29 330000
30 356800
31 385100
32 414900
33 446300
34 479500
35 514300
36 551000
37 589500
38 630000
39 672500
40 717100
41 764000
42 813100
43 864600
44 918500
45 975000
46 1034200
47 1096200
48 1161100
49 1229000
50 1300000

 

Thanx al, you're helpful but... that wasn't what I was asking for. I was asking if you share XP or just the PC gets XP and everyone lvl up whenever the PC does. And if the second, how do non-fighting (social) PC's survive?

 

1) Yes, you share your XPs with them but I don't know if it is divided or if you all get the same XP points.
2) Survive from where? or what?

 

If the only XP coming in the party is from stuff you kill, you wouldn't get any XP if you only rely on your party... And a persuayer wouldn't kill anything (just lead the party and do the talking) and therefore not get xp...
Hope that was clear :smile:

 

I think you can gain XPs using magick spells as what I've read from an FAQ at TA's website.

 

I thought it was that the followers don't gain any experience themselves, they just level up when you do. And when you kill something, you get extra experience, but that's in addition to the experience you get whenever your party kills anything. So if you never personally fight anything and just let your party members handle it, you'll still get the xp for the enemy deaths, just not the bonus for being the killer.

 

complicated

The answer is rather complicated, but, bottom line; your followers level up when you do(they dont gain exp points) they just "throw them away". You do get exp points when your followers kill something, but not as much as you would have if you had killed it yourself.

Everytime you damage a creature you gain experience. Each creature has 2 "pools" of experience, 1 for damage and 1 when its killed. You always get the "pool" of experience for the kill, but the only part of the damage "pool" you get is the percentage of damage you do yourself to any given creature. The exact details are in the uberfaq somewhere, if your interested.

If you kill everything yourself you will level up faster, then if you let your followers do it. Although, generally speaking, your more likely to survive with followers, then without. Also, "Diplomatic" types tend to have more quests open to them and can gain experience that way.

It's possible to be level 5 before you get to SH, if you kill everything yourself(thats without wandering for random encounters).

 

Been a while since I've heard from ratster.