Robin Hood Encounter!

What pisses me off about fights like that is how did they get so powerful and then turn around and have minimal loot? I would have to pummel that DM in a heartbeat.

 

The engine doesn't scale XP awards after level 10 like it should, but other than that the XP awards should be accurate. (Those enemies are not CR adjusted or anything.)

@Blades, there are inherently huge plausability issues with any D&D content going over level 10. e.g., who are they in the first place, why didn't they basically take over the world since they're quite a bit more powerful than even most higher-ups in the ToEE, etc., etc. And yet people want to play level content over 10, so it's not like we're going to say "you'll get nothing and like it!" just because it doesn't make any sense for two varying elements to coexist together.

That said, the effects can be mitigated somewhat, such as by limiting treasure. ToEE is already fat in the money department, so if in every encounter after level 10 we awarded appropriate loot, you'd end up having 200 longswords +5 in your inventory and a bunch of other uber crap and so much cash that you'd never want for anything again. When that happens, similarly to when there is no longer any sense of danger or challenge, people lose the impetus to play.

Also Greyhawk is supposed to be a low or middle magic realm, so it's never going to be like, say, Forgotten Realms.

 

Well, that's arguable. There is just more content created for the realms, so you encounter more powerful items. I think they went a bit overboard with all the Realmsian power groups. But if look at some of the top villians in the Greyhawk campaign, they have some mighty nice items in their inventory as well. A.K.A. Robilliard..... Vecna.....