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

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