Experience for routing a monster?

[mostrojoe]

I have difficulties in these days to find the information I search for in the core books. Indexes and Key words do not help.

I remember I read something about routing Monsters, capturing them or killing them.

Is there a difference in the XP award for the party?

[Fizz]

I have difficulties in these days to find the information I search for in the core books. Indexes and Key words do not help.

I remember I read something about routing Monsters, capturing them or killing them.

Is there a difference in the XP award for the party?

Check the Experience Points section in the PH (page 181 in the 6th printing). It refers to "defeated or overcome". So in general I would say there is no difference in capturing vs killing the monster- either way the party has defeated / overcome the monster(s).

Now, perhaps the story has a factor: the party was hired to capture the creature, or example. In which case there could be an extra award dependent on that, but that's a story award.

-Fizz

[Grandpa]

I have difficulties in these days to find the information I search for in the core books. Indexes and Key words do not help.

I remember I read something about routing Monsters, capturing them or killing them.

Is there a difference in the XP award for the party?

Pg. 228 PHB: "Monsters: The Castle Keeper adds the value of all monsters
defeated or overcome on the adventure. Each monster has a
base XP value, and a bonus can be given if a specific monster
was greater than normal for its type. The total XP are then
divided by the number of characters that defeated the monsters."

[mostrojoe]

A defeated monster is a monster that flees or a monster captured?

I do not remember where I've read it, but it made a difference. To capture a monster is as defeating it. A monster that flees has the full amount of XP value?

[Grandpa]

A defeated monster is a monster that flees or a monster captured?

I do not remember where I've read it, but it made a difference.

In C&C the rules don't differentiate.

[JediOre]

For me the key is the players overcoming challenges, be it by sword or wit. Either earns the same experience reward.

[maximus]

For me the key is the players overcoming challenges, be it by sword or wit. Either earns the same experience reward.

Same here. If the players can be creative and accomplish their goal without killing, fine by me.