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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8233357" data-attributes="member: 7006">One other option is to give the player a retconned chance to respond.Prior to your next session (maybe like 30 minutes before the game starts) meet with the player and flash back to the fight just before the player had to leave.&nbsp; Rogue up ahead... both ettins right there... the hungry hungry goblins milling about.&nbsp; Then just re-run the rogue's battle, allowing the player to actually run his rogue.&nbsp; Because if you do that... the rogue player might see what is happening and be able to react to everything using their entire suite of abilities.&nbsp; As [USER=2525]@Mistwell[/USER] said above... the rogue had Cunning Action disengages or dashes available, if the rogue was 5th level they'd have an Uncanny Dodge at their disposal, and who knows whatever other clever ideas the player might have been able to bust out.So just re-run it from that point in time and see what happens.&nbsp; If both ettins are still able to pound the rogue unconscious and the goblins then pounce on the body and knock off all his death saves then at least the rogue player had a chance to react to the situation to do something (even if the same result occurred.)&nbsp; But if the rogue was able to survive and get away from the ettins (and then run back to the rest of the party)... then you can say that the rogue was a part of whatever the party's result of the combat was and survived.Obviously some people can't stand that kind of retcon... but the fact you are asking our opinions tells me that you are willing to at least entertain the notion.&nbsp; So do whatever you think is right.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8233357, member: 7006"] One other option is to give the player a retconned chance to respond. Prior to your next session (maybe like 30 minutes before the game starts) meet with the player and flash back to the fight just before the player had to leave. Rogue up ahead... both ettins right there... the hungry hungry goblins milling about. Then just re-run the rogue's battle, allowing the player to actually run his rogue. Because if you do that... the rogue player might see what is happening and be able to react to everything using their entire suite of abilities. As [USER=2525]@Mistwell[/USER] said above... the rogue had Cunning Action disengages or dashes available, if the rogue was 5th level they'd have an Uncanny Dodge at their disposal, and who knows whatever other clever ideas the player might have been able to bust out. So just re-run it from that point in time and see what happens. If both ettins are still able to pound the rogue unconscious and the goblins then pounce on the body and knock off all his death saves then at least the rogue player had a chance to react to the situation to do something (even if the same result occurred.) But if the rogue was able to survive and get away from the ettins (and then run back to the rest of the party)... then you can say that the rogue was a part of whatever the party's result of the combat was and survived. Obviously some people can't stand that kind of retcon... but the fact you are asking our opinions tells me that you are willing to at least entertain the notion. So do whatever you think is right. [/QUOTE]

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