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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6808102" data-attributes="member: 22424">How experienced are the new players?If they're new to RPGs, I'd advise you to start them at the same XP total as everyone else - they'll almost certainly enjoy the game most if they're making a near-equal contribution to the success of the group, and that's best achieved by starting them at the higher level.If they're experienced players, then I'd recommend doing whatever it is you'd normally do if a PC dies and is replaced (by the same player). That is, if the replacement character starts over at 1st, start the new guys at 1st; if the new guy starts at "group level -1", then do that. (In my current campaign, that means starting over at 1st. That wasn't the case in 3e, but 5e seems much more forgiving of split-level groups. YMMV, of course.)</blockquote>