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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 6520182" data-attributes="member: 545">It could kinda sortof worked in 1e/2e where the XP tables were close to exponential.&nbsp; Thus a PC could very quickly trailing the other PCs by only a level.I do not know what the 5e XP charts look like off the top of my head but I still have two other big problems with the start small approach:(1) It sucks as roleplaying that the, say, 9th level PCs would consider giving a share of XP and treasure to someone helpless as a kitten.&nbsp; But if they do not give both XP AND treasure, then this PC is simply doomed.(2) The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.&nbsp; Especially for front line PCs, being 2 or 3 levels behind is a tremendous ding to your survival chances.&nbsp; If this Player brings back another Fighter, he is going to hide in the back for a long time.&nbsp; And juuuusssst as he begins to contribute in the manner everyone wants the PC to excel, he will probably die and need a new replacement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 6520182, member: 545"] It could kinda sortof worked in 1e/2e where the XP tables were close to exponential. Thus a PC could very quickly trailing the other PCs by only a level. I do not know what the 5e XP charts look like off the top of my head but I still have two other big problems with the start small approach: (1) It sucks as roleplaying that the, say, 9th level PCs would consider giving a share of XP and treasure to someone helpless as a kitten. But if they do not give both XP AND treasure, then this PC is simply doomed. (2) The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Especially for front line PCs, being 2 or 3 levels behind is a tremendous ding to your survival chances. If this Player brings back another Fighter, he is going to hide in the back for a long time. And [I]juuuusssst [/I]as he begins to contribute in the manner everyone wants the PC to excel, he will probably die and need a new replacement. [/QUOTE]

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