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I used to give out character-specific rewards. Never a penalty; when the party split up, the different groups got different XP...

Everyone being about to ding to 7th at the same time is already highly unlikely if the game has level enhancing or draining effects...

If levels are a bit more easy come, easy go, then the character who's a bit behind today might be a bit ahead tomorrow. Why would they...

It also having "baseline" helps the fantastic to stand out. Spock or Worf work better as characters when they are contrasted to the rest...

They don't need to be a monoculture, but the cultures will still be informed by the species that develop them. Elves will not develop...

One thought I've had in the past - in movie terms - is "the camera is on these guys because they end up having the epic story. It could...

I guess I do the same (in my current campaign), but weighted closer to the Schulb side of the scale. level 1ish is kids, teenagers, and...

It's also possible to have a mix where some of the lands in the setting have that segregation while others are more cosmopolitan. Also...

In my recent campaign, elves were immortal. They could be killed but they wouldn't age naturally beyond a certain point. Kind of like...

I went with human dominant, although the dwarves used to be dominant. Thus, that allowed for me to have ruins scattered throughout the...

Depending on circumstances and opportunities, this might be a great explanation for adventurers. History is filled with situations not...

In 1e 9th level IS high level. :)

Entirely homebrew campaign. I used the suggested XP awards initially, with characters leveling about every other session. Then in the...

Unrelated to the rest of your post, I just gotta tip my hat to someone who could keep a 4e campaign going for 10+ years, given that 4e...

We had a similar homebrew item for a dagger throwing Rogue in one of our last high level 3.5E games. Yup. Especially after the...