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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 8935661" data-attributes="member: 27385">I have not run anything lately other than an AL adventure at a convention a couple years ago.&nbsp; That was when we had a group of 2nd level PCs and one was 4th level.&nbsp; He could take more damage and do a couple things more than the others, but it did not feel overpowered.&nbsp; I think the player did a good job of not doing more and letting the rest of the party do things as well.&nbsp; In 2e times I played joined a long standing campaign as a one-off for a night.&nbsp; It was ok since we were in high school and went to a college in Boston to play with the 'cool kids'.&nbsp; Were were allowed to make 5th level PCs to join their party of 9th level PCs.&nbsp; It was a bit of a mashup since we were joining their party and it made for like 10 PCs that night.&nbsp; We did contribute some, but not as much as we could have.&nbsp; The DM did do a good job of having a side attack from the main fight come around to where we were so we has something we could handle.&nbsp; In 3e, we had a couple campaigns where we would allow dead PCs to join at one level less than the rest of the group and it was ok.&nbsp; We had played with starting at 1st level, but that wore thin after we had a part at 10th level and the new PC was 1st level and kept dying.&nbsp; Might have worked in 2e since each class had a different XP chart and some classes could catch up fast if the high level PCs earned 5,000xp, then the 1st level PC is suddenly 3rd of 4th level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aco175, post: 8935661, member: 27385"] I have not run anything lately other than an AL adventure at a convention a couple years ago. That was when we had a group of 2nd level PCs and one was 4th level. He could take more damage and do a couple things more than the others, but it did not feel overpowered. I think the player did a good job of not doing more and letting the rest of the party do things as well. In 2e times I played joined a long standing campaign as a one-off for a night. It was ok since we were in high school and went to a college in Boston to play with the 'cool kids'. Were were allowed to make 5th level PCs to join their party of 9th level PCs. It was a bit of a mashup since we were joining their party and it made for like 10 PCs that night. We did contribute some, but not as much as we could have. The DM did do a good job of having a side attack from the main fight come around to where we were so we has something we could handle. In 3e, we had a couple campaigns where we would allow dead PCs to join at one level less than the rest of the group and it was ok. We had played with starting at 1st level, but that wore thin after we had a part at 10th level and the new PC was 1st level and kept dying. Might have worked in 2e since each class had a different XP chart and some classes could catch up fast if the high level PCs earned 5,000xp, then the 1st level PC is suddenly 3rd of 4th level. [/QUOTE]

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