[C&C] Monsters & Treasure question

[DavidStallard]

This is probably a stupid question, but I can't figure out what the XP notation in the Monsters & Treasure book means. Most, if not all, monsters in the book have their XP value written with a plus, so "100+1" or "25+2" or whatever. What the heck is the plus?

The description of the XP value at the beginning of the M&T book seems to describe a system other than what was actually used in the book...it says something about a number in parentheses showing average XP value, but I don't see any values in parentheses. It doesn't mention the plus at all, unless I somehow missed it.

I meant to see if this was addressed in the C&C Players Guide last night but forgot, so maybe the answer is very clear in that book.

[Tank]

If you see 100 +1, the monster is worth 100 exp plus 1 exp per hit point. Also, the numbers in the table in the front of the book don't match up with the exp values for monsters, at least in my printing.

[DavidStallard]

Oooh, okay. I did see something at the front of the book about how you can calculate XP yourself, but I assumed that the XP entries for each monster were a shortcut so you didn't have to. Turns out that it's only half a shortcut...you still have to add each creature's HP to the base.

Does D&D3.x and/or 4.0 do the same, or is this a unique C&C thing? My D&D experience is mostly with BD&D (red box) and AD&D2E--I don't remember this sort of thing in either of those.

[dm_punks]

Does D&D3.x and/or 4.0 do the same, or is this a unique C&C thing? My D&D experience is mostly with BD&D (red box) and AD&D2E--I don't remember this sort of thing in either of those.

AD&D 1st Ed did this.