Starting PCs after 1st

Starting PCs after 1st Level

So your campaign has been going on for over a year now, a few players have vanished and now you have a few brand new players who need characters. Or a valuable PC has retired for personal or story concerns. Making those poor souls play characters who are just beginning, while often realistic, will either get that character killed or ignored. Neither option is very nice or pleasant for the unfortunate player.

A few suggestions for the GM:

Give them the minimum experience necessary to grant the level of the lowest regular Player Character. Some GMs prefer to give experienced players who retire characters an identical amount of experience or experience level to the new character.
Grant a bonus of 10+1d10 silver talons in equipment for every level after first. Any monies not spent on equipment will be reduced to 1/4 and kept by the character.
Roll once on the Miscellaneous Magical items table for every five levels of experience. The GM must take care not to give too much magical power to the new character. New players should never have more magical goodies than the regular campaigners.
3 additional Learn Spell attempts per additional level. The PC may assume that they are learning from a book, but may not use any other modifiers without the GM's approval.
Add one year to the starting age of the character for every additional level of experience.
Add one contact / friend for every 3 levels of experience beyond first.