Name: Dragons Beyond - Designer Walkthrough - Part 5
Uploaded: 2025-10-23T12:16:07+00:00
Duration: 16 min 55 s
Description: This video explores the issue of experience point awards - the inspirational sources for the mechanics used in Dragons Beyond and why I departed from the Dalluhn / Beyond This Point Be Dragons manuscr

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This video explores the issue of experience point awards - the inspirational sources for the mechanics used in Dragons Beyond and why I departed from the Dalluhn / Beyond This Point Be Dragons manuscript.

0:00 Why Experience Points are abbreviated E.P. instead of X.P.
0:47 How EP were awarded in 0e
2:03 How EP were awarded in the 1e DMG. There was a little bit of information in the PHB that is not addressed in this walkthrough.
5:23 Commentary on Hackmaster 4e parody of 1e
5:45 How EP were awarded in Holmes Basic
6:24 How EP were awarded in Moldvay Basic
7:34 How EP were awarded in Cook Expert
7:50 How EP were awarded in second-edition
11:10 How EP were awarded in the 1973 playtest manuscript BTPBD. I do have an error in the upload re: 10 to 1 versus 1:1.
14:00 How EP were awarded in another game system from 1975
15:22 On Daring as a source of EP
16:13 Summary of the means of acquiring EP in Dragons Beyond
16:40 Public service announcement