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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9723290" data-attributes="member: 29398">If there's player turnover within a campaign, some long-standing players might be put out of joint if a new player can bring in a PC at the same level without having "earned it".  That said, I'm used to the stable-of-characters approach and multiple parties within a campaign, rather than just one single party with static PCs.  Rare indeed is the time when I'm DMing a party of all the same level.Further, even though mixed-level might not be what the players want it might be what they get anyway if the game has level drain, level-granting effects*, xp changers (or, a la 3e, the ability to use xp as a spendable resource), and so on.* - though players hate losing levels, I've never met a player who didn't love-love-love it when their character somehow managed to suddenly gain one without needing to earn the xp.</blockquote>