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<blockquote data-quote="smathis" data-source="post: 4091182" data-attributes="member: 56465">Another good point, Will. I found the Buffy RPG to be perhaps the flagship of how to handle PCs at different power levels. The only complication this produces for 4e is that there really isn't anything in there that is as powerful as a Drama Point in Buffy.At least we haven't seen anything like it thus far.Still I don't think it will be difficult to implement something like that in 4e. At least, no more difficult than 3.5.I was involved in a thread on RPG.net that covered the farmboy-to-jedi/wizard or the &quot;kid&quot; archetype in fantasy/scifi. There was a great suggestion on there about creating a unique class (likely a Leader) whose &quot;powers&quot; would be more along the lines of luck -- as opposed to skill.I think this is doable in 4e and would go a long way towards making it &quot;monomyth friendly&quot;.Personally, I'd like to see some advice on playing pre-1st level PCs -- as well as balancing those against regular 1st level (or higher PCs) using something like the Drama Points in Buffy.That's my only problem with the whole party &quot;balance&quot; issue. I understand why it's there. But sometimes I wouldn't mind having different levels in the same party. I think it could also make death a ton more meaningful (if the end result was you lost a level or something).But I'll be the first to admit that this is expecting way too much out of 4e.That's why I'll be buying the DMG for the sidebars.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smathis, post: 4091182, member: 56465"] Another good point, Will. I found the Buffy RPG to be perhaps the flagship of how to handle PCs at different power levels. The only complication this produces for 4e is that there really isn't anything in there that is as powerful as a Drama Point in Buffy. At least we haven't seen anything like it thus far. Still I don't think it will be difficult to implement something like that in 4e. At least, no more difficult than 3.5. I was involved in a thread on RPG.net that covered the farmboy-to-jedi/wizard or the "kid" archetype in fantasy/scifi. There was a great suggestion on there about creating a unique class (likely a Leader) whose "powers" would be more along the lines of luck -- as opposed to skill. I think this is doable in 4e and would go a long way towards making it "monomyth friendly". Personally, I'd like to see some advice on playing pre-1st level PCs -- as well as balancing those against regular 1st level (or higher PCs) using something like the Drama Points in Buffy. That's my only problem with the whole party "balance" issue. I understand why it's there. But sometimes I wouldn't mind having different levels in the same party. I think it could also make death a ton more meaningful (if the end result was you lost a level or something). But I'll be the first to admit that this is expecting way too much out of 4e. That's why I'll be buying the DMG for the sidebars. [/QUOTE]

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