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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7475675" data-attributes="member: 20564">Several people mentioned &quot;catch up&quot;, and I'm really having a problem wrapping my head around it because the math doesn't seem to support it.&nbsp; Can you explain what you mean by it?To catch up in actual XP means that they would need to gain more than the others, so I assume what is being talked about.To catch up in level only seems to work at the first tier of play.&nbsp; For me we don't usually spend a large amount of campaign time at those levels but that just may be the tables I play at.&nbsp; We spend the most sessions at second and third tier of play.Second tier of play is 5-10, with halfway through 8th as the point in the middle (5,6,7,8,9,10).&nbsp; So that's 28500 XP.&nbsp; By the time someone starting from 1st has gained 23000 XP to hit 8th, they existing PCs are half way to 10th.&nbsp; It's not until 14th when they are all briefly the same level, though only for 2000 XP of it.To me, that's not catching up quickly.And that's just the middle of second tier.&nbsp; If character's just hit 3rd tier with 85K of XP, a 1st level character joining will never catch up in level.But several people have said it, so I feel I must be missing something.&nbsp; How do the people starting at 1st catch up?&nbsp; Or is is it really &quot;only in the first tier of play&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7475675, member: 20564"] Several people mentioned "catch up", and I'm really having a problem wrapping my head around it because the math doesn't seem to support it. Can you explain what you mean by it? To catch up in actual XP means that they would need to gain more than the others, so I assume what is being talked about. To catch up in level only seems to work at the first tier of play. For me we don't usually spend a large amount of campaign time at those levels but that just may be the tables I play at. We spend the most sessions at second and third tier of play. Second tier of play is 5-10, with halfway through 8th as the point in the middle (5,6,7,8,9,10). So that's 28500 XP. By the time someone starting from 1st has gained 23000 XP to hit 8th, they existing PCs are half way to 10th. It's not until 14th when they are all briefly the same level, though only for 2000 XP of it. To me, that's not catching up quickly. And that's just the middle of second tier. If character's just hit 3rd tier with 85K of XP, a 1st level character joining will never catch up in level. But several people have said it, so I feel I must be missing something. How do the people starting at 1st catch up? Or is is it really "only in the first tier of play"? [/QUOTE]

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