Out of tier play?

[RP.]

Forgive me if this has been asked and answered, I've spent about an hour looking for an answer to this, however.

The short version of what I'm wondering is:

- Now that scenarios only have a 2-level spread, is out-of-tier play allowed for SFS2?

- The specific thing I want to know at present is, Can level 2 and level 3 characters play together?

(I anticipate the answer to both, based on my readings, is "no")

The situation for our group is that we're playing through the SFS2 scenarios. As is expected in a Society situation, people's ability to attend on game night varies, so not everyone is the same level.

The time will come soon where some regulars will have level 3 characters while others will have level 1 or 2.

With scenarios now having only a 2-level spread, it appears that the kinds of options that exist include running a lot of 1-2 scenarios for a while until a sufficient number of people have level 3 characters, or people use pregens (often). Or maybe there are many other options, or maybe this is a problem I made up on account of I'm bad at understanding things. Anyway. Your patience is appreciated.

[Squark]

You are correct, there is no way for a level 2 and level 3 PC to play together (or any other odd level and the even level before it). They may have been trying to let people catch up when they released 11 1st-2nd level scenarios before the first level 3-4, and 9 3rd-4th level scenarios before the first 5-6 scenario.

That being said, it is now possible to create fresh characters of 3rd, 5th, or 7th level*. Of course, you take a hit to how many credits you start with, miss out on the unique options available from chronicles, and are starting with a blank slate when other characters will have a long history.

So for an event organizer, I reccomend trying to put on at least 8 or 9 level 1-2 scenarios before you put on the first 3-4 unless you have enough people to run a 3-4 side by side with a 1-2.

*The gear guidelines for 7th level PCs aren't on Lorespire yet because there probably won't be any 7-8 scenarios for nearly another year.

Edit: I got a little caried away and went on a bit of a rant about why I don't want to create characters above level 1 and hate the idea of feeling I need to in order to participate. But as soon as I finished I realized that could derail the thread, so I scrubbed it.

[RP.]

Squark wrote:

You are correct,

Thank you for this informative response. I was wishing I was wrong. I am unaware of what problem this new approach is solving.