Bring a companion back at a fair level after a long absence

A companion who left early returns far weaker than everyone else and is useless, or a loyal friend suddenly jumps past the player. Here is the rule that lifts them close to the group without ever taking anything away or running ahead.

Why this works

Catching up should feel earned, not handed over. Lifting a returning friend toward the group, never above its best member and never down, keeps them useful without making the player's own growth look pointless.

When not to use it

Skip it in games with no levels, or when the point of the return is that the friend is weak and must be protected or trained. There let the player do the work, and offer a short training scene instead.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 26 lines of example code with 6 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Bring a companion back at a fair level after a long absence" (read_entry companion-level-on-late-rejoin) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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