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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7475152" data-attributes="member: 97077">For the last three years, I've been running my campaigns with player pools, so there are more players than seats for a given session, plus players usually have more than one character (one main PC, one backup PC, usually). As such, someone (often more than one) has to sit out as does their characters. Thus, the PCs all have different XP and sometimes levels. In one campaign, I saw a level difference of 7 levels in a session. In truth, it was not an issue at all. The lower-level PC just had to be a little cautious for a couple of fights, then quickly leveled up. Bounded accuracy meant that the character could still be effective in combat and succeed in ability checks. So really, I wouldn't worry about it. Just give the PCs XP after each time they earn it and allow, as I do, for the PCs to level up the moment they reach the appropriate amount of XP. (There is no rule in the game that requires resting or whatever.) The lower-level PC will catch up pretty fast.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7475152, member: 97077"] For the last three years, I've been running my campaigns with player pools, so there are more players than seats for a given session, plus players usually have more than one character (one main PC, one backup PC, usually). As such, someone (often more than one) has to sit out as does their characters. Thus, the PCs all have different XP and sometimes levels. In one campaign, I saw a level difference of 7 levels in a session. In truth, it was not an issue at all. The lower-level PC just had to be a little cautious for a couple of fights, then quickly leveled up. Bounded accuracy meant that the character could still be effective in combat and succeed in ability checks. So really, I wouldn't worry about it. Just give the PCs XP after each time they earn it and allow, as I do, for the PCs to level up the moment they reach the appropriate amount of XP. (There is no rule in the game that requires resting or whatever.) The lower-level PC will catch up pretty fast. [/QUOTE]

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