Award XP and level up the party

Experience in a campaign is awarded to characters, not players, and it's written onto each character's sheet. When a sheet crosses the next level, its owner gets a guided level-up (play your character and level it up).

Before you start

Award XP

1. Open the award form

   Open GM screen → Awards. (Classic page: the Experience section.)

2. Choose who

   Pick one character, or Everyone (with the count of linked characters).

3. Set the amount and why

   Type the amount in XP (e.g. 250) and, if you like, a Reason (optional) — defeated the drowned priest.

4. Award it

   Press Award.

On an AI-run campaign: approve proposals

The XP awards setting decides what the AI may do: AI proposes, you approve (the default), AI awards automatically, or Manual (GM only).

1. Review what it proposes

   Proposed awards wait under ✨ Proposed XP — awaiting your approval, in the XP tab and in GM screen → Awards. A gold dot on the XP tab means some are waiting.

2. Approve or dismiss

   Press Approve to apply one (XP applied) or Dismiss. A proposal counts for nothing until it's approved.

If something's off

“Pick a character and a whole, non-zero amount.”

Choose who gets it, and use a whole number (negative to correct an over-award).

A player isn't in the list

They haven't linked a character to the campaign. The XP tab says No characters linked yet — party members link a character to appear here.

The sheet didn't offer a level-up

Guided level-up is for D&D 5e and Pathfinder 2e sheets; other systems are updated by editing the sheet.