I'm not sure what the Official rules are but if the "base" difficulty is rising as the campaign progresses to keep pace with character improvement, it "makes sense" that new characters introduced later in the campaign should start at a higher base level too...
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> Um, it looks like you start with a new character generated with the starting values. :) I had misremembered the system as starting with the same number of abilities at a slightly lower value: however careful reading last night suggests what I was actually thinking of was the rules for Replacing a Sidekick, unless i have missed something?
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> To: heroquest-rpg_at_yahoogroups.com
> From: chrisjensenromer_at_...
> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:01:22 +0000
> Subject: Urgent New Character Question
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> When a character dies or is out of the story how does one sort out starting values for the new character? I'm in the middle of a session and can't find the page in HQ 2. :(
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