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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sfedi" data-source="post: 1810340" data-attributes="member: 15746">How do you (DMs) handle a new PC?I mean, what classes, race, level, equipment restrictions do you apply?And how do you change these rules over the course of a campagin?Example 1:In my current campaign (running Forge of Fury) when a new PC appears:-He must be recruited in a specific town (3 day distance from the site of adventuring)-He joins the grupo 1 week after the party arrives (each additional character takes an additional week)-Starts at 3rd level (as everyone at the start of the adventure)-He has the standard GP limit (2900 gp, IIRC), any single item can't have a value greater than half of this value: 1450 gp-He must belong to the local races of the region-Once this adventure concludes, the minimum level rises to 4Example 2:This was set in Undermountain:-It takes 1 week per character to replace dead characters-It begins at 2 levels below the lowest PC level, minimum of 4-PC has standard GP limit, any single item can't have a value greater than half of this value-If the PC was not of the region, he started one level lower-If the average party level exceed by 3 the minimum PC Level, and the lowest PC level exceeds the minimum by 1 or more, then the minimum is raised by 1 (thus, new PCs start at higher level) (additionaly, the party must have explored a certain number of rooms)</blockquote>