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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 5758881" data-attributes="member: 893">One thing to note though is that in the older editions if a 1st level character joined a higher level party they leveled up damn fast.  They'd also typically get kitted out with some pretty badass magic items just by pawing through the higher level characters 'castoffs' and be able to rely on the services of a high level spellcaster.Just as an example.  Say I'm joining a 1st ed campaign where I want to play a fighter.  I'm starting at 1st level and joining a party where they all have around 20,000 XP.   That means that the party includes a 5th level fighter a 6th level thief, a 5th level cleric and a 4th level Magic User.Now by the time the newbie has earned 18,000 exp, enough to become a 5th level fighter the rest of the party is at 38,000.  That means we've got a 6th level fighter, the thief is still stuck at 6th, the cleric is 6th and the magic user is 5th.One of the other balancing factors in the older editions was the fact that alot of parties made extensive use of henchmen.  This means that if a new player took over a henchman at the beginning he'd have 10,000 and be 4th level pretty well regardless of class.</blockquote>