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DM's: what do you do with players who miss time?
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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6756792" data-attributes="member: 6701872"><p>First, I'll reiterate that at my table an absent player's character is safe from all forms of harm unless the entire party of present players' characters are harmed in that way (example: absent player's character cannot be killed... unless everyone that showed up got every one of their characters killed in such a way that they were all dead at the same time)</p><p></p><p>Then, my answer to why they should get XP when not there to participate: the character being behind on XP is a condition that does not just affect that one character, it affects the entire party, and that is not cool in my book, especially because the present players likely already had more difficulty with challenges they faced because a member of their party was not able to participate, so saddling them with a less effective team-mate when the player does show up is kind of kicking them when they are already down (though not quite as extreme as that turn of phrase might imply, it is still significant to me).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6756792, member: 6701872"] First, I'll reiterate that at my table an absent player's character is safe from all forms of harm unless the entire party of present players' characters are harmed in that way (example: absent player's character cannot be killed... unless everyone that showed up got every one of their characters killed in such a way that they were all dead at the same time) Then, my answer to why they should get XP when not there to participate: the character being behind on XP is a condition that does not just affect that one character, it affects the entire party, and that is not cool in my book, especially because the present players likely already had more difficulty with challenges they faced because a member of their party was not able to participate, so saddling them with a less effective team-mate when the player does show up is kind of kicking them when they are already down (though not quite as extreme as that turn of phrase might imply, it is still significant to me). [/QUOTE]
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