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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7476814" data-attributes="member: 97077">Yes, I've run higher-level games. The largest spread in levels I've personally seen are what I stated upthread. What people do is have more than one character that they level up from time to time so they don't have to start at apprentice tier again if their characters die.Maybe so.Yeah, there are no rules about when you level up when you reach the appropriate amount of XP. I've noticed some people have hangups about this.It depends on what you mean by "it." PCs are commonly not the same level in our games. The maximum spread was 7. There have been a few cases of 4 to 6 levels. Mostly it's 1 to 3 levels. Still, players are able to meaningfully contribute. The reason I get to have all these data points is because we have player pools - more players than seats per session and more characters than players. How you get XP can vary by campaign, but this naturally leads to PCs of disparate levels.I would show those people how they can.Are there ways to meaningfully contribute other than doing as much damage as someone else? Because that argument could also be the case with parties at the same level since some character are better at the combat pillar than others. Wizards are pretty versatile in this regard. How about you make that barbarian protected from the undead he or she is doing 30-40 damage per round to so that he or she can attack recklessly every round without the undead having advantage to hit back? That seems like a pretty meaningful contribution to me.I would say the metrics you appear to be using to determine meaningful contribution are needlessly narrow. As for survivability, that's chiefly on the player and, as my previous example shows, that goes up very quickly if you're following the rules for character advancement.</blockquote>

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