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Ok so how much exp do I get for killing a hundred ants?
Each ant only gives you 0.0000000001 XP so multiply that by 100.
Jokes aside
If creatures were to award xp, then all mages' colleges wouldn't be about learning / books / spells. Intro to magic 101 would be "alright class let's slaughter us a bunch of goblins".
that’s how goes in like every mmo i’ve ever played
Ye, that's the difference between pen and paper and a game. Unless it's a singleplayer experience, gating stuff behind story progress doesn't bode well with players and ends up generating less repeatable gameplay. But for pen and paper, you have a DM that can adjust on the fly. They can give out a level for a daring escape, they can give inspiration based on player behavior, they can have a talk with players and hear their expectations on how their character should perform at this stage (i.e. "we have slain a dragon, and my dude is a paladin that isn't strong enough to wear a damned shield!"). They can give magic items that introduce novel ways to play a character. A game isn't advanced enough to do that yet.