Xp for gold, what about sole survivors?
I'm new to OSR and am about to start a dolmenwood campaign. The premise is the party is trying to bring back an old fae to life. XP is granted every time they spend gold on buildings/services/anything that has to do with honoring or doing things around the fae's statue they carry to dolmenwood.
But... what if they get into a dungeon, gather a bunch of gold, and all but one or two PCs die? Do they get the entire XP award since they are the only ones who survived?
A little unrelated, but i don't know how to distribute/count gold and expenses. It can't be an individual contribution gets you XP, because then they could pass gold to one character and have him level very fast, or other shenanigans. But if it's a group effort, how does the poor mage that needs to spend gold on supplies/scrolls/spellbooks?
I'd consider having the party choose a percentage of gold brought back and invest that into their "town" (and gain xp), and the rest is for personal expenses. But then... whatever gold is left, how do i apply it later to XP if they decide to use it for their town after all? Currency is fungible after all...