Talk:Khalid/@comment-80.112.161.185-20160418130226/@comment-3418306-20161025225020

I've just completed a relatively thorough testing of this (Oct. 2016, v2.3.67.3), and they changed the way recruitable characters level; there are now experience benchmarks (2000, 4000, 8000, 16000, and 32000), and once you reach each of them, any companion recruited for the first time will adopt these experience totals, with a few quirks.

Ex1: you have ~3,000 experience when recruiting J&K. You've only reached the 2000exp benchmark, so Khalid will adopt that 2000 and be ready to level up once, while Jaheira actually starts with ~3500exp total (1800 each; 1/1), so the benchmark doesn't apply to her.

Ex2: you have ~20,000 experience when recruiting J&K. You've reached the 16000exp benchmark, so Khalid will adopt that 16000 and awaits leveling up to lvl 5, while Jaheira does the same with her multi-class (8000 each; 4/4).

As the exerpience totals are merely overwritten, the characters aren't auto-leveled, and their equipment doesn't change.