"XP Ajustado" é para determinar a dificuldade de encontro; XP real é o que você dá para a festa por vencer o encontro

A diferença entre o XP e o XP ajustado na determinação da dificuldade de um encontro de combate é explicada nas orientações sobre como construir encontros de combate em Regras básicas p. 165 ou na seção correspondente sobre DMG p. 82.

Os passos 1 e 2 de avaliar a dificuldade de encontro é determinar limites individuais de XP e, em seguida, adicione-os para obter os limiares de XP do grupo. O passo 3 é simplesmente somar o XP dos monstros, dando-lhe os totais de experiência regulares para o encontro. Depois vem o passo 4:

4. Modify Total XP for Multiple Monsters. If the encounter includes more than one monster, apply a multiplier to the monsters’ total XP. The more monsters there are, the more attack rolls you’re making against the characters in a given round, and the more dangerous the encounter becomes. To correctly gauge an encounter’s difficulty, multiply the total XP of all the monsters in the encounter by the value given in the Encounter Multipliers table.

For example, if an encounter includes four monsters worth a total of 500 XP, you would multiply the total XP of the monsters by 2, for an adjusted value of 1,000 XP. This adjusted value is not what the monsters are worth in terms of XP; the adjusted value’s only purpose is to help you accurately assess the encounter’s difficulty.

When making this calculation, don’t count any monsters whose challenge rating is significantly below the average challenge rating of the other monsters in the group unless you think the weak monsters significantly contribute to the difficulty of the encounter.

\ $ \ begin {array} {| c | l |} \ hline \ textbf {Número de Monstros} & \ textbf {Multiplicador} \\ \ hline 1 & × 1 \\ 2 & × 1.5 \\ 3-6 & × 2 \\ 7-10 & × 2.5 \\ 11–14 & × 3 \\ 15 \ text {ou mais} & × 4 \\ \ hline \ end {array} \ $

Resumidamente: o XP ajustado determina a verdadeira dificuldade do encontro, considerando a economia de ação. XP regular é a quantia real dada à parte por vencer o encontro.

5e co-criador Mike Mearls explica o raciocínio aqui :

Hi Mike. Players are asking me why actual xp is given instead of adjusted xp. What was design purpose of this?

it's kind of hacky - adjusted XP is there only for comparing difficulty. it's not "real" XP.

Making me wonder what "xp" represents now.

the system really shouldn't use XP as a measure - it muddies the issue of its meaning.

Thanks for the reply! If adjusted xp says something is more difficult, shouldn't players get more xp then?

not necessarily - the system is trying to capture the inherent difficulty in fighting more than 1 foe

2 anos antes, ele também respondeu a uma pergunta sobre a decisão da casa de que a quantia de XP distribuído foi igual ao XP ajustado :

Thinking of houseruling that adjusted encounter XP = actual XP. Any reason why this isn't RAW? Any pitfalls to be aware of? Thx!

it makes hordes of weaker creatures a more appealing fight, if players metagame that. not game breaking