Vampires give no XP?
moody_mage
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I distinctly remember bashing a vampire until it fled into its gaseous form netted a few K of XP (most noteably in Chataeu Irenicus). This has been removed in the EE versions?
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The only explanation I can come up with is that something else dealt the killing blow.
When they try to escape, you will see a blue-white swirly visual effect accompanied by a sound effect and a few seconds later they'll be gone. If you can deal enough damage before then they'll die and you will be awarded xp. This is how it worked in the original Shadows of Amn.
What you want to look for is the message "Vampire - Death", followed by an xp reward. To avoid a loss of experience points, I usually have my mages ready with a quick-firing damage-dealing spell, preferably a flame arrow on a mage with the Robe of Vecna.
Good hunting!
It's odd, I've never had this happen before so to have it happen two or three times in a row seems off. I'll fire up a test run sometime tomorrow and see if I can re-produce and verify.