New Posts For Thread: i'm new and have some questionshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29600669/im_new_and_have_some_questionsHello,I'm a new player to D&D (or roleplaying in general), I've bought the "D&D Red box starter set" last week and by viewing video's on the internet i'm really getting into the game. And I have a few questions because when i introduce this game to mThanks very much to all of you. Just finished yesterday with creating characters with my gaminggroup and then we'll start with our first adventurehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29600669/im_new_and_have_some_questions?post_id=527516243#527516243Thanks very much to all of you. Just finished yesterday with creating characters with my gaminggroup and then we'll start with our first adventureThu, 27 Dec 2012 03:21:23 -0600Generally speaking, I couldn't agree more. I don't award individual xp (one player solves a puzzle or roleplays with his Veiled Alliance contact and everyone gets the xp award) and I don't see any point in penalizing for death.However, I do give indihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29600669/im_new_and_have_some_questions?post_id=527491699#527491699Generally speaking, I couldn't agree more. I don't award individual xp (one player solves a puzzle or roleplays with his Veiled Alliance contact and everyone gets the xp award) and I don't see any point in penalizing for death.However, I do give indiTue, 25 Dec 2012 19:51:59 -0600Staggered leveling is usually bad. When one character levels, all characters should be leveling. This is one of the many reasons that many DMs award XP to the party, not the characters, or have dropped XP altogether.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29600669/im_new_and_have_some_questions?post_id=527491211#527491211Staggered leveling is usually bad. When one character levels, all characters should be leveling. This is one of the many reasons that many DMs award XP to the party, not the characters, or have dropped XP altogether.Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:06:21 -0600If one of my players is close to leveling and will likely level up "during" a session but doesn't want to wait, I say they are welcome to bring a second already-leveled character sheet and swap it in after the encounter in question. Allowing that helhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29600669/im_new_and_have_some_questions?post_id=527488741#527488741If one of my players is close to leveling and will likely level up "during" a session but doesn't want to wait, I say they are welcome to bring a second already-leveled character sheet and swap it in after the encounter in question. Allowing that helTue, 25 Dec 2012 15:18:35 -0600When I used XP, we levelled up between sessions because it can sometimes be a lengthy process, depending on the player and the character.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29600669/im_new_and_have_some_questions?post_id=527486663#527486663When I used XP, we levelled up between sessions because it can sometimes be a lengthy process, depending on the player and the character.Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:00:12 -0600