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<blockquote data-quote="Evilhalfling" data-source="post: 3117698" data-attributes="member: 16991">one thing that might help with alignments and starting at a higher level is telling the players that they each need to have a reason for working with the group, be they part of an organization, like a secret society, or military group.&nbsp;&nbsp; They should all have met and become companions in their backstories, before the game starts.&nbsp; It might be possible to have one character of another alignment this way, but generally staying with no evil or no good alignment requirement is a good idea.&nbsp; (there might be problems with LN and CN but its less likely) Staying with a good party is easier to plan for, they have less freedom of action - for instance if asked for help they generally wont refuse and go rob the local jewler instead. As for the comparison between a 1st and 5th lvl character, part of it depends on what the rest of the world is like.&nbsp; 5th lvl is generaly the level for the head of a small town church,the captain of a watch patrol, or a grizzeled sergant.&nbsp; A 5th lvl thief would be a professional working as fence, or sucessful other guildmember.&nbsp; For Jet Li on Crack your looking at 12+.In Forgotten Realms 5th lvl characters are newbie adventures, stong enough to survive without protection, but not expected to make a difference.&nbsp; For someone to stand out for thier fighting ability they are probably epic <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Evilhalfling, post: 3117698, member: 16991"] one thing that might help with alignments and starting at a higher level is telling the players that they each need to have a reason for working with the group, be they part of an organization, like a secret society, or military group. They should all have met and become companions in their backstories, before the game starts. It might be possible to have one character of another alignment this way, but generally staying with no evil or no good alignment requirement is a good idea. (there might be problems with LN and CN but its less likely) Staying with a good party is easier to plan for, they have less freedom of action - for instance if asked for help they generally wont refuse and go rob the local jewler instead. As for the comparison between a 1st and 5th lvl character, part of it depends on what the rest of the world is like. 5th lvl is generaly the level for the head of a small town church, the captain of a watch patrol, or a grizzeled sergant. A 5th lvl thief would be a professional working as fence, or sucessful other guildmember. For Jet Li on Crack your looking at 12+. In Forgotten Realms 5th lvl characters are newbie adventures, stong enough to survive without protection, but not expected to make a difference. For someone to stand out for thier fighting ability they are probably epic :( [/QUOTE]

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