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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7411628" data-attributes="member: 6796661"> Warning: I talk about locations and groups in Curse of Strahd that could be considered minor spoilers.As a DM, I really try to avoid the situation of an absent player's character being run by other party members. When I started my homebrew campaign when 5e first came out, we were meeting once per month, for 8 hours. I tried to make each session stand alone. It didn't always work out that way, but I managed to avoid the issue for the most part. I'm now running Curse of Strahd. It is actually easier now. We still meet once per month for 8 hours. Given the nature of the campaign, it is quite easy and fits the theme of the campaign to have a party member have to take refuge with an ally or some safe spot to recuperate or get themselves back together. Barovia is very small, so it is easy for the party to get back together and the Keepers of the Feather make it easy to get messages to each other. I am, however, a bit worried about later on in the campaign. If a session ends with the party in the middle of the Amber Temple or Castle Ravenloft. I would be tempted to have the character be taken and make the next session a rescue mission. But that could feel forced. I could have the character suffer long-term madness, specifically: &quot;The character loses the ability to speak.&quot; It fits in with the theme of CoS and I would have it end when the player returns. I would also try to have the character leave for a save spot to recover as soon as it is possible for that character to do so. On the other hand, if the party is in the middle of such a climatic location as Castle Ravenloft, I would be inclined to skip a session until I can get everyone together.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7411628, member: 6796661"] [B] Warning: I talk about locations and groups in Curse of Strahd that could be considered minor spoilers.[/B] As a DM, I really try to avoid the situation of an absent player's character being run by other party members. When I started my homebrew campaign when 5e first came out, we were meeting once per month, for 8 hours. I tried to make each session stand alone. It didn't always work out that way, but I managed to avoid the issue for the most part. I'm now running Curse of Strahd. It is actually easier now. We still meet once per month for 8 hours. Given the nature of the campaign, it is quite easy and fits the theme of the campaign to have a party member have to take refuge with an ally or some safe spot to recuperate or get themselves back together. Barovia is very small, so it is easy for the party to get back together and the Keepers of the Feather make it easy to get messages to each other. I am, however, a bit worried about later on in the campaign. If a session ends with the party in the middle of the Amber Temple or Castle Ravenloft. I would be tempted to have the character be taken and make the next session a rescue mission. But that could feel forced. I could have the character suffer long-term madness, specifically: "The character loses the ability to speak." It fits in with the theme of CoS and I would have it end when the player returns. I would also try to have the character leave for a save spot to recover as soon as it is possible for that character to do so. On the other hand, if the party is in the middle of such a climatic location as Castle Ravenloft, I would be inclined to skip a session until I can get everyone together. [/QUOTE]

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