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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3189977" data-attributes="member: 22424">It's a penalty because 50% is less than 100%. (Of course, the reverse is also true - it's a bonus because 50% is more than 0% <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )As I see it, there are broadly two reasons a player will start to miss sessions: life gets in the way, or they're not enjoying the game.Now, if life gets in the way, then I can understand that entirely, and make allowances for it. It couldn't be helped, so we just get on with it.If a player starts missing the game because he's enjoying it less than he should, then the last thing you want to do is start reducing XP earned. If the PC falls noticably below the other characters in ability, that character will be less able to contribute, which almost certainly means less fun for the player. So, he's more likely to miss games, and so fall further behind... and eventually just quit.(Unless, of course, you don't particularly want this guy as a player. In which case, though, why not just ask him to leave?)</blockquote>