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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 7503796" data-attributes="member: 19857">What we used to do at my table back in the day (when this problem was more common - back before 3e) was to design adventures around the average party level instead of the max or min party level.  From what you're describing you've got an average party level of a little over 3, so I'd probably throw them into a 3rd-4th level adventure together.  You've got the right mix to make that work too - if your better players are the lower level ones they can possibly rise to a challenge that is a bit more than they could normally handle and it gives your not-as-good players a lower challenge where if they screw up a bit it won't hurt as much.  (Though it sounds like your players might have to watch out for each other more than for the creatures).I haven't tried it with 5e, but with the way monsters work in 5e I suspect it would work fine.  (It would break for 4e out of the box and I suspect that 3e would also be problematic - but a group of 1st level PC should be able to hit and do enough damage to monsters that would challenge a 3rd level party - especially with some higher level spellcasting as backup).(I actually love this whole story.  The idea of a bumbling sorcerer and a not-so-bright barbarian on the road together accidentally killing all of their companions is already a setup for some kind of parody of a fantasy novel.  Teaming up with a group of lower-level characters who might be more competent than they are is just the icing on the cake.)</blockquote>

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