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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MadMaxim" data-source="post: 2541381" data-attributes="member: 15207">This came up a couple of weeks ago. I had been DM'ing my regular group for 2-3 sessions without the group's only female player because she was rehearsing her part for a play she was going to be in. So, I promised to play her elf wizard for her since none of the other players felt like they could handle two characters at a time.So far so good, but I end up forgetting to play her character for those sessions and forget giving her half the XP that the other characters get (that's a houserule of mine; if you can't make it for a session, you're awarded only half the XP). Then all of the sudden she writes to me and tells me that if I don't give her a certain amount of XP or gold, she'll quit the game. This ultimatum came out of thin air, no warnings, no "hey, I think you forgot to give me XP for the last couple of sessions", just a plain "give me XP or I leave!"This amount of XP would be enough to take her from 7th to 8th level in one go, and that's where the players who have been to every session just got. Now, I'm not an unreasonable man and I apoligized for my forgetfulness. If she had just mentioned it to me, she would have been awarded a suitable amount of XP, but instead she just throws demands on the table and threatens to quit. I was seriously tempted to kick her out of the game for the rudeness, but we settled it with half the XP and apology.Now, my question to you is: Have you ever had similar "encounters" with your players? If so how did you deal with them? And would you have recommended me to do something else?</blockquote>

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