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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5338204" data-attributes="member: 41321">See, if that's gonna happen then the fade in/fade out won't work.&nbsp; And if that player knew the group was going with the &quot;fade&quot; technique then they're being a bit of a schmuck by bringing it up.&nbsp; Everyone has to buy into the &quot;fade&quot; technique for it to work.Since the trick of the fade technique is to just ignore the sudden presence or absence of a PC it's easier to roll with it.&nbsp; It's harder to make fun of a PC's &quot;fade from existence&quot; than it is to make fun of them coming down with food poisoning on a regular basis, or having to run home and deal with some personal crisis every in-game week.But games where the DM tends to focus on PCs individually than as a group might not be able to deal with this technique well.&nbsp; For example, it's hard to ignore that the paladin isn't there when you finally come upon the Holy Avenger sword he's been personally questing to find for years.&nbsp; But that type of game doesn't deal well with PCs leaving at all, regardless of the way they leave.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 5338204, member: 41321"] See, if that's gonna happen then the fade in/fade out won't work. And if that player knew the group was going with the "fade" technique then they're being a bit of a schmuck by bringing it up. Everyone has to buy into the "fade" technique for it to work. Since the trick of the fade technique is to just ignore the sudden presence or absence of a PC it's easier to roll with it. It's harder to make fun of a PC's "fade from existence" than it is to make fun of them coming down with food poisoning on a regular basis, or having to run home and deal with some personal crisis every in-game week. But games where the DM tends to focus on PCs individually than as a group might not be able to deal with this technique well. For example, it's hard to ignore that the paladin isn't there when you finally come upon the Holy Avenger sword he's been personally questing to find for years. But that type of game doesn't deal well with PCs leaving at all, regardless of the way they leave. [/QUOTE]

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