I can't believe that before the comic WoTC were *slandering* Grist as some kind of villain or monster. Just look at her, she's literally just bugs.

Heavy rains lead to water rescues, grist mill destruction in upstate New York

in most games xp is like a measure of, like, the level or stage the pc is at, and it comes with like general boosts to stats and health and may unlock abilities that were previously simply inaccessible to you. (in sburb this is represented by climbing the echeladder.)