aco175
Legend
Add in level caps for non-humans and the party a member that is capped at 7th level and the rest going higher.
Also, there was the intend to bringing characters from one game to the next and playing in different groups. If I bring my 8th level Pc to the game and everyone is 6th- it can still work. There was some widely ranging styles back in the Wild West of gaming.
Don't forget about henchmen and hirelings that can swing all sorts of things. I do not recall if they counted towards the level of the dungeon. Read some of the old Gygax articles about players not wanting to bring certain characters in certain parts of Castle Greyhawk until the lower level henchmen cleared out some of the traps and such.
Also, there was the intend to bringing characters from one game to the next and playing in different groups. If I bring my 8th level Pc to the game and everyone is 6th- it can still work. There was some widely ranging styles back in the Wild West of gaming.
Don't forget about henchmen and hirelings that can swing all sorts of things. I do not recall if they counted towards the level of the dungeon. Read some of the old Gygax articles about players not wanting to bring certain characters in certain parts of Castle Greyhawk until the lower level henchmen cleared out some of the traps and such.