Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 9722227" data-attributes="member: 15700">For context, I currently play in a Shadowdark game, 1e game, and 5e game. One thing I noticed in my 1e game is the disparity in PC levels for members of the party.&nbsp; We have two 1st level, a 2nd level, and two 3rd level PCs. For those not familiar with 1e, that is common, I've been playing 1e since 1981 and pretty much every game has had a level range of the PCs usually within 2-4 levels of each other. Heck, just look at a 1e module and you'll see something like, &quot;For characters levels 5-7.&quot;&nbsp; Part of that disparity can be explained by needing different XP for each class.&nbsp; If all PCs got the same XP all the time, you'd have the thief PC probably a level or maybe 2 higher than everyone else, and magic users advancing a lot more slowly. Also in 1e, it was common to have each PC get awarded different XP. Either from tasks (thieves got XP for doing things like successfully picking locks) to how treasure was distributed.But I don't want to get into the whys, but more of the &quot;how do you feel about it.&quot;&nbsp; That is, how do you feel about having an adventuring party of mixed levels? I never really see it in 5e. Even with how XP is more evenly distributed, and better yet, using milestone XP, I've never seen a level difference between PCs.&nbsp; Even those times where a new PC was brought it, they were advanced to the level everyone else is.Are you OK with level differences? Or do you think it would be a problem if your PC was a level lower than everyone else?[ATTACH=full]413543[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 9722227, member: 15700"] For context, I currently play in a Shadowdark game, 1e game, and 5e game. One thing I noticed in my 1e game is the disparity in PC levels for members of the party. We have two 1st level, a 2nd level, and two 3rd level PCs. For those not familiar with 1e, that is common, I've been playing 1e since 1981 and pretty much every game has had a level range of the PCs usually within 2-4 levels of each other. Heck, just look at a 1e module and you'll see something like, "For characters levels 5-7." Part of that disparity can be explained by needing different XP for each class. If all PCs got the same XP all the time, you'd have the thief PC probably a level or maybe 2 higher than everyone else, and magic users advancing a lot more slowly. Also in 1e, it was common to have each PC get awarded different XP. Either from tasks (thieves got XP for doing things like successfully picking locks) to how treasure was distributed. But I don't want to get into the whys, but more of the "how do you feel about it." That is, how do you feel about having an adventuring party of mixed levels? I never really see it in 5e. Even with how XP is more evenly distributed, and better yet, using milestone XP, I've never seen a level difference between PCs. Even those times where a new PC was brought it, they were advanced to the level everyone else is. Are you OK with level differences? Or do you think it would be a problem if your PC was a level lower than everyone else? [ATTACH type="full" size="548x361"]413543[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

Verification