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<blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 1979851" data-attributes="member: 15651"><p>If a player cannot make it, that player usually designates who will play the character in his or her place. As DM, I moderate such play, if the designated player starts to do foolish things with the missing players character (things that are not like the character normally) I will usually intervene to keep it from happening.</p><p></p><p>If multiple players cannnot make it and things can work out well, I will try and make a reason the characters are gone. I just had this happen recently. Three players had to abandon the game right at the start due when one of the players' phone rang and they received news that a friend of theirs who had been very ill had died. After they left, the rest of us decided that we should still play (we do not play very regularly and one player drives 90 minutes to get to the games). We decided that the three players' characters had to deliver a critical material to the Wizards they had been working for. The rest of the party went off on an adventure that would suit their reduced numbers and a couple weeks ago I played out the delivery mission for the three missing players. The wizard who they work for will magically transport them back to the rest of the party so next time we play they will all be together.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thornir Alekeg, post: 1979851, member: 15651"] If a player cannot make it, that player usually designates who will play the character in his or her place. As DM, I moderate such play, if the designated player starts to do foolish things with the missing players character (things that are not like the character normally) I will usually intervene to keep it from happening. If multiple players cannnot make it and things can work out well, I will try and make a reason the characters are gone. I just had this happen recently. Three players had to abandon the game right at the start due when one of the players' phone rang and they received news that a friend of theirs who had been very ill had died. After they left, the rest of us decided that we should still play (we do not play very regularly and one player drives 90 minutes to get to the games). We decided that the three players' characters had to deliver a critical material to the Wizards they had been working for. The rest of the party went off on an adventure that would suit their reduced numbers and a couple weeks ago I played out the delivery mission for the three missing players. The wizard who they work for will magically transport them back to the rest of the party so next time we play they will all be together. [/QUOTE]
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