u/Sparrow2990

So I ran not only my first ever game of pirate Borg last weekend but it was also my first time ever being a gm and I ran the first part of trapped in the tropics and I introduced my pcs to ash by letting them take some and then rolling individually to see what happened to each of them and one of my pcs ended up gaining a level from the experience but now I’m trying to decide if I should let him be a level ahead of everyone or should I make it so when the party next gains a level he doesn’t so they are all the same level again? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

I should also note that he is the captain of the crew so I feel him being one level ahead is a cool idea but also I don’t want my other players to feel left out

I just picked up the starter set and was reading through it and got a bit confused about the knife knave and black powder poet fighting styles for the swashbuckler as the knife knave states the knives are “dr -2 to hit” does that mean the players roll is -2 or the actual dr is -2 and with the black powder poet is says “your dr is -2 when throwing bombs” again does that mean the players roll is -2 or the dr itself is -2? Any help is appreciated