It's all jacked up. A single Imp is 200 XP. If I faced an imp at level 1 with 1 other character in the party, I should earn 100 XP. Fight 3 and level up. So, the first fight alone should level you up.
But they've severely nerfed the imps, and they only give you like 25 XP or something for the fight. Intellect devourers are 450 XP each. So if you fight 3 with just Shadowheart, which is utterly ridiculous because 1 is a serious challenge for 4-6 level 2 characters, you should be easily level 3.
In short, the enemies you face actually should drive you very quickly to level 4, but they are so severely nerfed that it throws the whole system out of whack.
TBH, the whole game works much better from a multiplayer perspective. If you have 4 PCs+1 (Lae'zel and/or Shadowheart), the encounters are more appropriate, and if you split XP, also appropriate.
Last edited by GM4Him; 01/11/21 11:33 AM.
