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Some good advice here. I'll also add/expand on some, it is usually a helpful bit of advice to have players start new characters when their character hits the level of the pregens. So when their characters hit level 4, suggest they start new ones before going any higher. By doing this, eventually they'll have characters for every tier and will be able to play high or low depending on who shows up/what tier is being run.

Players can also play higher level pregens and apply the credit to first level characters as well. The rules for it are in the Guide. They basically get access to the items of the sub-tier they played, but their gold gets set to 500. This would allow them to 1) try out different pregens to get a feel for them if they are new to the game 2) play with the "big boys" 3) still be leveling a first level character.

Wait, so let's say they have a level 1 character that has never been played in a game, and they play a level 4 pregen for 3 sessions. They net the 3 exp and the items on the chronicle sheets (with reduced gold). They can put that 3 exp onto their level 1 character to get it level 2? I was under the impression that the character he made would have to hit level 4 before he could apply the credit?

Greetings,

I run Societies twice a month at my local game store and most of my group consists of regulars at this point, and they are getting to level 3 and will soon be getting to the next subtier.

I mostly run the game for the store, who appreciates the regulars but also wants to make sure that new players are able to participate and I sincerely want this too. I know that they can use pre-gen characters and apply the chronicle sheet to their character once they reach that level, but since I run for a mostly consistent group that player doesn't have a chance to get to that level. I know they can play elsewhere, but that is not really a solution.

My question is how can I deal with this once my regulars reach a high enough tier? I don't want to make them start back at level 1 adventures as soon as they got to the higher tiers, but I don't want to turn away new players by not letting them have any progress in character.

As as a sort of corollary to this, I also have a player who uses his character at another location and has outleveled the rest of the party (he's 5 and others are 2 to 3). I know this isn't dramatic, but it has the potential to outlevel even further if he comes to both mine and the other location, and last time he basically trivialized some of the combat with higher level spells. This isn't his fault, and I don't want to tell him to not play his character and start with a new one at level 1 so that he's behind.

Any advice would be appreciated, I went though the GM section of the Guide a good bit and didn't find satisfying answers. I am sure I am not unique in this situation.

I haven't sat down with it, but is there a near one-to-one transfer between items and the gold? And that's generally how I planned on putting it.

Ah alright, that makes sense. Most of my players are fairly new themselves, and I can kind of see finding the loot at the end, then not getting it and instead having to buy it can kind of be a little dissatisfying. I know that's what the gold is there for, but it's just a quirk of the system I suppose. Thanks!

I am still a little new to running for Societies so if this is obvious I apologize, but I am running Veteran's Vault tomorrow (mostly to be easy on myself this week) and I noticed that none of the loot found at the end of the adventure is on the chronicle sheet. Am I missing something or is all that loot just flavor and not really any use to the PCs? Thanks in advance.

So if I'm looking to start out with Tier 1-5, I can pretty much pick any scenario that fits that tier from any season without any real worries? And if you have any suggestions on which to start with for the first couple weeks that would be helpful.

Thanks again

EDIT: Ah sorry Sior, just saw your post after this response. Thanks!

Greetings,

I am going to start a Society chapter at my local gaming store next month, and I've been reading though all the materials (mainly the Guide to Organized Play) and I had a few quick questions on how the scenarios are set up (just before I buy a few)

I've seen some interest, so assume everything from here on out being a somewhat regular group. Based on looking at the Tiers of the new ones coming out, are these not supposed to be running sequentially? As in, I'm not supposed run 5-02 the week after 5-01 for the same players. Instead do I do a few weeks of Tier 1-5 from different seasons until most of my players hit level 3? What should I do if someone new shows up and thus aren't high enough level to participate?

Thanks for your time, I'm used to D&D Encounters where it's a continuous story for 2 or so months and all the content they release is sequential and I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around structuring this for my store.