Can Player Characters Be Different Levels❓ - D&D 5e #DMRoundtable Experiences with Leveling Up

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Published on February 28, 2022 3:30:08 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdofsPEYG_0

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What do YOU think about playing with characters of varying levels in your party? #DND #DND5e

I'm joined by these DM specimens to discuss our thoughts and experiences with player characters in the same adventuring party being different levels:
🎩Fred from How to D&D: https://www.youtube.com/c/HowtoDD
🛅Wally DM: https://www.youtube.com/c/WallyDM
🎒Josh from Dungeoneer's Pack: https://www.youtube.com/c/DungeoneersPack

Want more DM roundtable discussions? Check out this list of our collaborators' videos! https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/dmroundtable

⏰Time Stamps:
00:00​ Introductions and question
00:53 My community poll on the question
01:14 Fred's evolution toward milestones
05:04 Flutes' Curse of Strahd PC level experience
05:47 Wally's DM perspective on leveling
07:26 Wally's player perspective on leveling
08:12 Comment about older editions of D&D
08:44 Leveling as a reward and player equality expectations
09:08 Old school XP leveling thresholds by class
10:07 Josh's perspective inducted by D&D 5e
10:54 D&D 5e's level power spikes
11:28 Why Josh uses milestone progression
12:15 Life happens, don't punish players
13:25 Different gaming group styles
14:07 Old school level draining
14:43 Quick XP rewards
15:26 Timing is another consideration
16:08 Old school gold as XP
17:29 Caution of favoritism or inconsistency
18:51 Rewards encourage desired behavior from players
19:47 Spectrum of rewards for player characters
20:29 Hot Topic, tell us your answers

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