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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6809869" data-attributes="member: 12731">Both these are about the same thing: have all the heroes be the same level.And I agree.I would still not mind being bribed as the DM, though <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Seriously, I've experimented with replacement characters starting off at lower level, but then getting, say, twice the advancement speed with the express intent for the character to catch up in a couple of sessions. The intent is not to have the new guy play the sidekick, but to add a bit of emphasis on his green status. To let him play the fragile newcomer for a (short) while - before that gets old, he should have grown into a fully-fledged party member. I'd say three sessions, tops.(I would never consider starting off a new PC at level 1 once the rest have reached the next tier of play. In fact, I would never start off a new guy at a lower tier than the rest. So, if the party is level 13, say, then any "greenhorn" would start at level 11. And each time the party levels, the newbie would gain two. At level 15 they would all be the same level.)</blockquote>