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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MG.0" data-source="post: 6758328" data-attributes="member: 6799436">I was just chiming in on that particular discussion. I fully believe in the use of individual XP outside of this, thankfully rare, circumstance of dealing with problem players.Because my players have multiple characters, not all active at the same time, it only makes sense that they would not all be the same level. For instance, if a character dies and the party undertakes a quest to revive them, the dead character doesn't continue earning XP while dead. The player can still participate by running an alternate charcter, who may or may not be the same level as the dead character. As characters retire (either due to max level or player fickleness) it is easy to continually introduce new characters at low levels as every player has characters along the power spectrum. This allows a continuous rolling campaign that doesn't have to hit the reset button every time characters get too advanced. If you play with a fixed level party, and say they are all level 15...How do you handle a player expressing the desire to try a new character concept? Start them at 15? My players would balk at that. They enjoy seeing their charatcer grow from nothing to world-shaker. The party's constituents in each session ebb and flow organically due to player desire and story needs. Player advancement is taken as a very individual thing, celebrated, and not at all guaranteed. To me, replacing this with a party-wide equality system or milestone based levelling would rip the heart out of the game and replace it with something sterile. Yes I feel strongly about that.</blockquote>

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