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<blockquote data-quote="Swarmkeeper" data-source="post: 8232825" data-attributes="member: 6921763">I never have players play other player's PCs.&nbsp; Some players can't make a session now and then and that is fine.&nbsp; We just play with whoever can make it.&nbsp; The missing player's PC is off doing something else and I adjust (or don't adjust) my challenges accordingly.&nbsp; And I don't worry if this ends up with level differences among PCs over time.&nbsp; D&amp;D 5e works just fine with PCs of varied levels.If someone has to leave mid-session for whatever reason at our table, their character goes off and does something off-camera.&nbsp; Now, granted, the OP's particular situation was middle of combat so seemingly a bit harder to pull off.&nbsp; But, really, it is not.&nbsp; Worrying about immersion or verisimilitude or RAW or story at that point is not only unnecessary, it is heartless if a player is having a real-life emergency.Invoking the Jerk Fallacy is not helpful.&nbsp; We're assuming good faith play.&nbsp; Good faith players want to play through challenges.&nbsp; Jerk players and jerk DMs can ruin anything.We're really going to put the well-being of the pretend characters over this real-life human's emergency situation?&nbsp; The DM simply needs to adjust the encounter accordingly on the fly to compensate for 1 less PC in the action.&nbsp; It is really not hard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Swarmkeeper, post: 8232825, member: 6921763"] I never have players play other player's PCs. Some players can't make a session now and then and that is fine. We just play with whoever can make it. The missing player's PC is off doing something else and I adjust (or don't adjust) my challenges accordingly. And I don't worry if this ends up with level differences among PCs over time. D&D 5e works just fine with PCs of varied levels. If someone has to leave mid-session [I]for whatever reason[/I] at our table[I],[/I] their character goes off and does something off-camera. Now, granted, the OP's particular situation was middle of combat so seemingly a bit harder to pull off. But, really, it is not. Worrying about immersion or verisimilitude or RAW or story at that point is not only unnecessary, it is heartless if a player is having a real-life emergency. Invoking the Jerk Fallacy is not helpful. We're assuming good faith play. Good faith players want to play through challenges. Jerk players and jerk DMs can ruin anything. We're really going to put the well-being of the pretend characters over this real-life human's emergency situation? The DM simply needs to adjust the encounter accordingly on the fly to compensate for 1 less PC in the action. It is really not hard. [/QUOTE]

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