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<blockquote data-quote="Junebug" data-source="post: 208325" data-attributes="member: 2043">I am in a similar situation, but as a player, rather than a DM.&nbsp; My work shedule changed to interfere with the regular game-time.&nbsp; For now, my DM just pops me in when I can make it, but I am trying to figure out how to improve on this.&nbsp; One other player has offered to play my character, and I wouldn't mind that, if the DM allows it.In my experience, the down side to popping in and out is that I don't enjoy always playing the lowest level character in the group, but I don't see a fair way to keep my character at the party's level without taking the risks.&nbsp; It is also difficult to think in character when you can hardly remember who your party members are.&nbsp; There's also the issue of treasure.&nbsp; I'd feel bad taking the best item knowing that I won't be playing the next session.&nbsp; Hopefully, having my friend play my character will work out - though I wouldn't mind helping the DM run the bad guys <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> .We did this once, my character had been killed, the party resurrected him, but the DM swapped him out for a doppleganger.&nbsp; When I played next, he had me lead the party into an ambush.&nbsp; The party prevailed, but I (the doppleganger) got away - a small victory.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Junebug, post: 208325, member: 2043"] I am in a similar situation, but as a player, rather than a DM. My work shedule changed to interfere with the regular game-time. For now, my DM just pops me in when I can make it, but I am trying to figure out how to improve on this. One other player has offered to play my character, and I wouldn't mind that, if the DM allows it. In my experience, the down side to popping in and out is that I don't enjoy always playing the lowest level character in the group, but I don't see a fair way to keep my character at the party's level without taking the risks. It is also difficult to think in character when you can hardly remember who your party members are. There's also the issue of treasure. I'd feel bad taking the best item knowing that I won't be playing the next session. Hopefully, having my friend play my character will work out - though I wouldn't mind helping the DM run the bad guys :D . We did this once, my character had been killed, the party resurrected him, but the DM swapped him out for a doppleganger. When I played next, he had me lead the party into an ambush. The party prevailed, but I (the doppleganger) got away - a small victory. [/QUOTE]

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