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=== Experience Points === | === Experience Points === | ||
:* '''AKA:''' Experience, Experience award, XP, xp | :* '''AKA:''' Experience, Experience award, XP, xp | ||
: Characters in Epic Path start their careers as heroes, and as they complete adventures, quests, and missions, they do not remain the same. Epic Path is all about the journey of heroism, the discovery of new strengths, the defeat of deficiencies and problems. Epic Path characters are not static, unchanging entities, they ''evolve''. | |||
But how do they evolve? What is the mechanism for accomplishing this growth? | |||
Experience points! | |||
Every time you defeat a monster, complete a quest, or at the GM's whims, you will receive an award of experience points. Once you reach a number of accumulated XP that equals or exceeds the numbers in the last column of the [[Character_Advancement#Table:_Level_Advancement | Level Advancement table]], you are eligible to advance to the next character level. This is a big deal! Note that the GM rules when you may actually advance to the next level, and may allow this to happen 'on the fly' as you rest between adventures, or may require you to return to a home base, settlement, or other form of civilization. Ask your GM! | |||
The exact rules for what you get upon leveling up from experience point gain is laid out in the Character Class page(s) for your character, and in the [[Character Advancement]] page. Read carefully, and be sure you understand all of your new and exciting abilities! Epic Path is designed for detailed, highly potent heroes, and the classes are pretty dense. If you find a campaign you love, you will be hard-pressed to ever run out of things for your beloved characters to do, and see, and grow into. | |||
=== Extraordinary Ability === | === Extraordinary Ability === | ||