Henchmen-XP

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:16 pm

Does xp is split between you and your henchmen?

werebeargoddess · Post by **werebeargoddess** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:25 pm

I'm not sure. Your henchmen levels up when you do, so the xp probably isn't, but I think you get a fraction less xp if you have a henchmen.

The Great Hairy · Post by **The Great Hairy** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:05 pm

You do get slightly less XP if you have a henchie, although it is not a great deal less - the XP is certainly not split between you and your followers. And it can be mitigated by making sure you do all the sub-quests and side quests within any particular module.

Cheers,
TGHO

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:18 pm

Thanks for the aswer

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:23 pm

The xp you loose by having (any single) henchman with you seems to be as if you were 1 level higher.
Thus if you have 1 henchmen and you are level 10 the game awards you xp as if you were level 11.
This also goes for famliliar, compainions, summons etc.

It has marginal effect throughout the game, where you might end up 1-2 levels higher in the end of the regular NwN if you didn't use henchmen as compared to if you did.

Zel Greywords · Post by **Zel Greywords** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:14 am

[QUOTE=Xandax]you might end up 1-2 levels higher in the end of the regular NwN if you didn't use henchmen as compared to if you did.[/QUOTE]
Make that 2-3 (even 4 in my case) if you go to extremes, fulfill each and very quest out there -and- fight everything alone, no matter how big. So well... yea, it -does- make some difference.

Especially if you are a spellcaster and have a henchie -and- a familiar in your wake, since that will reduce the EXP even further.

-Zel

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:10 am

Well - it has always been around 1-2 in my cases, and I seem to compelete most anything still.
My sorcerer finished the original at L16 with henchman and occasional summons/familiar and my meele finished 17 - close to 18 withouth using henchmens much. (these were the last two runs I played through the original game)

I've never had any large difference with/withouth henchmen in terms of ending level. So why you get that big a difference I can't say.

Zel Greywords · Post by **Zel Greywords** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:28 am

Hmmmml... well, the difference in my case might be that I usually play NWN and then HotU with the same character. (without playing SoU, though) Meaning the overall charlevel of both playthroughs was higher (a high c23 vs. a low c27). So it's probably similar to your percentage, only "scaled up".

At the end of NWN, the difference was.... *checks*... hm, 3 levels too. Who knows, maybe I missed one or two sidequests - although I rather am an overly-diligent player, so that sounds not quite right. *shrugs*

-Zel

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:29 am

also, im currently in HOU and i just got the handsome gollem follower, does the +1 lvl apply?

Zel Greywords · Post by **Zel Greywords** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:41 am

Gollem?
Sorry... but what is a gollem?

Anyway, the game makes no difference between henchmen, familiars or whatever - it not even makes a difference wether or not you -willingly- accepted the henchmen or wether it was forced onto you. The malus is always there.

-Zel

The Great Hairy · Post by **The Great Hairy** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:56 pm

Huh, my PC always finished the core NWN game at lvl 17, regardless of how many summons, familiars, henchies or followers were used throughout the game. I didn't think the XP change was that much.

When finishing HotU I've been 27th level - admittedly some have been nearly 28th, whereas some (like my Wizard) were just over the 27th line...

<shrugs> YMMV definitely.

Cheers,
TGHO