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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kalendraf" data-source="post: 2057714" data-attributes="member: 3433">The current party I'm DM'ing has had some wide gaps in levels.  Originally, the gap was with an NPC they rescued, who ended up joining the party.  That character began as 1st level while the party was around 7th.  Since then the party has levelled up toward 11th/12th and the NPC is now 9th.  In 3.5, the exp system awards more exp for the lower level characters which helps them level up faster, narrowing any gaps that exist.  IMHO, it's one of the better changes introduced by 3.5.One of the PC's is currently an afflicted wererrat which makes him effectively a level 14 character while one of the PC's is only 10th level.In either case, the gap really has not been a big problem to deal with.  I use the EL calculator available from ENworld which currently suggests the party's effective level is 12.6, but I also factor in the fact that there are 9th/10th level characters hanging around, so I don't go too far overboard.</blockquote>