int fnLevel(object oPC)
{
  int nRet=GetLevelByPosition(1,oPC);
  nRet=nRet+GetLevelByPosition(2,oPC);
  nRet=nRet+GetLevelByPosition(2,oPC);
  return nRet;
} // fnLevel()

int fnLowestLevel()
{
  int nRet=41;
  object oPC=GetFirstPC();
  while(oPC!=OBJECT_INVALID)
  {
    if (GetLocalString(oPC,"sTeamID")!=""&&fnLevel(oPC)<nRet&&GetIsDM(oPC)==FALSE&&oPC!=GetPCSpeaker()) nRet=fnLevel(oPC);
    oPC=GetNextPC();
  }
  return nRet;
} // fnLowestLevel()

int StartingConditional()
{
    object oMod=GetModule();
    object oPC=GetPCSpeaker();
    int nMyLevel=fnLevel(oPC);
    int nLowest=fnLowestLevel();
    int nStartLevel=GetLocalInt(oMod,"nGSStartingLevel");
    if (GetLocalInt(oMod,"bNOLEVELUP")!=TRUE)
    { // level up allowed
      if (nMyLevel<(nLowest-1)&&nStartLevel<(nLowest-1)) return TRUE;
      return FALSE;
    } // level up allowed
    return FALSE;
}