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<blockquote data-quote="WarpedAcorn" data-source="post: 6998147" data-attributes="member: 6819400"><p>Our group has run into this issue as one of the players is taking college courses, so she has missed a few sessions due to needing to work to meet a deadline. Her character (in both campaigns) is a Sorcereress, so her missing has not been crucial. Our group's damage drops, but she is not the main damage dealer in either group so it doesn't force a change in tactics.</p><p></p><p>Typically if she is not present then her character is "jokingly" referred to as a Cardboard-Cutout that we carry around...and I have used this Cutout to reserve our table the Tavern before, so its more a 4th Wall meta joke we run with because it makes us all laugh. When she is there, then she pops back into the 3rd dimension and joins us. However, I have given the players the choice to either play without her character or to have her boyfriend play the character. The difference is that I mention if her character is on the table then she gets a cut of the treasure and XP as if she were there. Her boyfriend plays the character cautiously, and as the DM I tend to ignore the character in combat because of this (because as harsh of a DM as I have a reputation of being, I won't kill a character when the player isn't at the table without overwhelming justification). The decision to use her character has to have her consent, and the group has to decide at the beginning of the session whether she is a Cardboard-Cutout or a silent (N)PC for that game. </p><p></p><p>As for the OP's situation, I think what has previously been mentioned is the way to go. If the player of the Cleric is willing then he (or anyone else's) character can be handled as an NPC by the DM or another player. If they do not consent to this then it is up to the party to adapt and change their playstyle (with the DM maybe changing some things if they feel mercyful).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WarpedAcorn, post: 6998147, member: 6819400"] Our group has run into this issue as one of the players is taking college courses, so she has missed a few sessions due to needing to work to meet a deadline. Her character (in both campaigns) is a Sorcereress, so her missing has not been crucial. Our group's damage drops, but she is not the main damage dealer in either group so it doesn't force a change in tactics. Typically if she is not present then her character is "jokingly" referred to as a Cardboard-Cutout that we carry around...and I have used this Cutout to reserve our table the Tavern before, so its more a 4th Wall meta joke we run with because it makes us all laugh. When she is there, then she pops back into the 3rd dimension and joins us. However, I have given the players the choice to either play without her character or to have her boyfriend play the character. The difference is that I mention if her character is on the table then she gets a cut of the treasure and XP as if she were there. Her boyfriend plays the character cautiously, and as the DM I tend to ignore the character in combat because of this (because as harsh of a DM as I have a reputation of being, I won't kill a character when the player isn't at the table without overwhelming justification). The decision to use her character has to have her consent, and the group has to decide at the beginning of the session whether she is a Cardboard-Cutout or a silent (N)PC for that game. As for the OP's situation, I think what has previously been mentioned is the way to go. If the player of the Cleric is willing then he (or anyone else's) character can be handled as an NPC by the DM or another player. If they do not consent to this then it is up to the party to adapt and change their playstyle (with the DM maybe changing some things if they feel mercyful). [/QUOTE]
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