No XP gaining at all??

[jkaljkal]

In a clean install with latest Co8 8.1.0 NC and Temple+, I started a new game with a single Troll character. I noticed that I get no XP gains either from completing a quest or killing enemies.

[Templayer]

In a clean install with latest Co8 8.1.0 NC and Temple+, I started a new game with a single Troll character. I noticed that I get no XP gains either from completing a quest or killing enemies.

That kinda makes sense.

My newly created Hill Giant has a total level of 17. Looks like it was balanced in such a way that Hill Giants essentially do not get levels the entire game.

If that is correct (I wish there was a proper end-user documentation for Temple+....), then it makes no sense for a Hill Giant to gather experience points, and he/she/it can never use them to level up for the default campaign module. So giving them to the Giant would just waste them.

EDIT: It's almost 2AM and I misread "Troll" as "Giant". My bad.

[Templayer]

Bugbears work fine - I was able to get EXP by getting into Hommlet and killing the nearest child (welp, something like that wouldn't fly nowadays).

Cheating enough EXP for a level up worked up fine, same as leveling up itself.

Originally, I thought this was a case for Monster PCs, but it appears not to be the case.

[Templayer]

Now here is a better response that I just found randomly: