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Message: <blockquote data-quote="djotaku" data-source="post: 9870188" data-attributes="member: 7054471">Always at level 1. Part of it is the fact that I'm almost always running adventure paths and they always start at level 1. (I have not yet played a Paizo, WotC, or KP AP that starts at a higher level, but I know Paizo has some that run 11-20)My main tables are my kids (who have been playing for ~5 years at this point) and my co-workers who are brand-new to D&D. So playing levels 1 and 2 before getting a subclass helps learn the basics of the class before things start getting nutty. As some people have said, from a story point of view (if you're a more RP table - which both of mine are), there's something awesome about going from level 1 newbies to adventuring to demi-gods. Or as [USER=11868]@DragonLancer[/USER] put it so well: " Some of us like that build up from facing goblins and spiders under the tavern cellars to making our way through haunted forests, forgotten ruins and finally braving the Temple of Elemental Evil as fully competent heroes."All that said, I do have a campaign I'm planning for the future where the characters are already pretty experienced when we pick things up - so there I might be starting at level 3 or higher. We'll see - that's many months (if not a few years) away after we finish some other campaigns.</blockquote>