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Non-Combat XP (D&D 5e)

  • Writer: Helpful NPCs
    Helpful NPCs
  • May 19, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jun 27, 2023


D&D adventurers making plans

Hello, fellow adventurers! Today, the Helpful NPCs crew are bringing you something that your game desperately needs: XP rewards for activities other than "killing monsters."


Ever had a feeling that the player characters deserved an XP during the game but felt frustrated that D&D 5e's advice is, well, underwhelming? ("Go with your gut" is a good guideline, but that could use a little mechanical weight to bolster it.)


That's why we designed this X-cellent, X-panded, and X-tremely useful XP chart for our home games! (More X-citing bad puns than the '90s X-Men cartoon!)


Now that I've got that blurb out of the way, I'll leave you to the charts.




D&D 5e alternative XP chart homebrew rules
D&D 5e alternative XP awards homebrew rules


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