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Absolutely they can. The DM can just flat out kill any character who has to miss a session and does not want someone else playing their character. I agree 100%, they can do it. It is not presented as an option in the rulebook though. I also love how this entire thread has changed from people...

Yes and if you say my character does not continue with the rest of the party while I am gone, then she doesn't. Nothing about player agency only applies when you are physically at the table. I mean if I go and grab a coke out of the refrigerator or run to the bathroom can the DM or another...

Yes, all three are options and NONE of them say you can let someone play another player without their permission, nor do they say you should kill a character who chooses to stay behind with Wandering Monsters. As DM you are free to do any of these things or anything else you want...

Oh as far as the original question, we leveled up last night (Rogue still absent), but my PC now has 2 levels of Fighter, so we are making all the checks no problem.

I don't see how fading away when a player is not there would create confusion or tension. Repeatedly missing sessions could create tension, but I don't see how the "fade away" choice to resolve the in game mechanics when absences occur could. It is pretty darn straightforward in my mind, and...

I was talking specifically about your comment - "Breaks it wide open for me because it makes no sense" It doesn't have to make sense to you because you are not the player. What makes sense to the player and what the player would choose for his PC to do is what defines player agency.

Yes the DM can completely eliminate player agency in every way and every dimension. This is not typically regarded as a good thing by most gamers, including most DMs.

And having someone else play a PC when the player does not agree to it is NOT one of the ways mentioned. Now that may be how it is done at your table or in your game; but kill them or kick them out if they don't want someone else to play their character is NOT mentioned as one of the ways to...

That is because 2024 is the context we are discussing it in. How it happens in 1E or Pathfinder or Shadowdark, may be interesting and may be of value, but this is a 2024 forum and what I was discussing was specifically about a 2024 game. Also "fade away" was in the 2014 DMG as well, so it is...

The DM can do anything they want, but as a point of fact there are rules on this. The DM can choose to ignore them, like for example I choose to ignore the new version of fighter Indomitable and how MS apparently ignores weapon mastery, but that does not mean those rules don't exist or that...

But it is not your character. The player chooses how to play the character, not the DM. That is the basic premise of player agency. It doesn't have to make sense to you, it has to make sense to them!

Why? There is no "declaring" anywhere in the rules. You Ready a spell as per the rules, cast it as normal and then release the energy in response to the trigger. It is pretty simple. You are not casting the spell in response to the trigger (you are casting it whether or not it happens), you...

There are 3 options in the DMG. The first two I quoted and the third one starts off "With the absent player's consent, have another player run the missing player’s character, or run the character yourself if you feel you can do so. ..." If you are playing RAW the player must consent to...

Read the 2024 DMG, the two examples I gave you are the ONLY options offered for a player that misses a session if the player does not want anyone else playing their character. If I am playing at your table and say I am going to miss a session and I do not want anyone else playing my PC, these...

Since I edited my post, presumably after you replied I will post again here. You can homebrew whatever you want, but this is what the DMG says on this topic: "Fading into the Background. Have the character simply fade into the background. This requires everyone to step out of the game world a...

But what if there is not random encounters? The last time I played and adventure with random encounters was probably around 2010. If the party is sleeping in the dungeon then presumably I can too. If the party is not then I am not either and I will meet up with them when I am back regardless...

Why isn't it? You Ready a spell and you choose a trigger to release the energy. "release the energy" is the action you use with your reaction; if you choose to when the trigger occurs, and not if you don't choose to when the trigger occurs or if the trigger doesn't occur before your next...

Yes, and this is a 2024 forum. If you don't know the rules ..... So I guess it would be fine if the player said at the end of the session he was in said "I'm going to hang out over here while you go through some of the other rooms in the dungeon" or if he said in the middle of a city...

That is what I said. Start reading my posts before you reply.

Like I said many times now, over and over again, the action is "release the energy" I've told you this before. Why do you keep saying I am trying to Ready Ready? I am not. I am Readying a spell and as per the description the action you take in response to the trigger is to "release the...