what is the best level for intro players?

[Beelzebub]

I too agree with Wicht, ALWAYS first level for newbies. I only start people higher if they are sick of the ultra low levels or if we are doing a one-shot.

 

[reapersaurus]

alish0 - I can't vote until I know whether you're talking about for a one-shot, or asking us about for introducing new gamers for a long-running basis.

 

[Malicene]

I voted level 2, I did it many times (total newbie game) and I let them start 1 level, but soon even in the game I let them go to level 2, so they can see how a level change their character .... usually next question is "what do we have to do to go to the 3rd level ?"

 

[alsih2o]

alish0 - I can't vote until I know whether you're talking about for a one-shot, or asking us about for introducing new gamers for a long-running basis.

i cannot tell you which they will be until i see how much they enjoy it.

 

[Nifft]

3rd level. You can let them have a decent backstory that way, and they get a few good abilities. It also allows multi-classing (for nearly all basic character concepts) without the extra "apprentice level" rules.

-- Nifft

 

[bret]

Second level.

They can face about the same challenges as at first level, but a single hit is much less likely to automatically kill them.

 

[Tiberius]

I voted first level. Beyond the fact that it is traditional, I enjoy the fragility of the first level party. I think it reinforces the fact that they are not automatically deific because they are PCs, and that whatever power they want to aquire must be earned, and will not be given to them.

I have a player who agitates for characters starting at 2nd level every time we start a new campaign. Among his complaints is that every man on the street with a greatsword is a threat to the continued existence of a first level character, to which I reply "Duh. "

-Tiberius

 

[Eternalknight]

Easily 1st level.