Drawoc wrote:sounds good to me...what would you do about the xp lose? or not worry about it?
I don't think we need to worry about it if it is only a difference of a level, but if we swap out DM for Players and there is a considerable difference in level for those entering the next chapter, then at the DM's discretion (and yes, I read this in a book), a character can be leveled, but would start at the base XP for that level. For now I wouldn't worry about it too much, or there are other weighted factors we could use to balance things.
For Example:
5 Party members are level 2 and 1 is level 1. We can weight the XP division, to favor the lower level character in distribution, say 20% increase of 'piece of pie' per level difference. I am sure that if I sat down and figured out a matrix for it, it would be really simple. 20% was just an example, don't hold me to that.