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<blockquote data-quote="manduck" data-source="post: 7088138" data-attributes="member: 6801718"><p>It could also depend on what the new character is. If they are a ranger or barbarian, the could just live in the wilds and find the party. Perhaps they had a problem with whatever ambushed the party and were tracking the ambushers to take them out. If it's cleric or paladin, maybe their deity sent them to recover the artifact. Or a wizard or rogue heard about the artifact and want it to study or sell. Or perhaps the person was also hired to get the artifact by someone else. There are dozens of reasons for the new character to be out there. It could be completely by chance and the new character is doing something unrelated. You could even have the party come upon the new player in a situation where perhaps they were ambushed too and the party has to help them. </p><p></p><p>It's hard to say more without specifics. Like what ambushed them. We'll need a little more than "something ambushed the party and one of them died" to give you more specific ideas. Did the ambushers take prisoners? Maybe they find the new member as a captive in the ambusher's camp, not far away. There are a lot of ways to handle it though. Plus you can just invite the player to come up with a reason their new character would be there. It's their character after all and they know that character best. Let the player be creative and have some fun while having them do some of the heavy lifting. They probably already have ideas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="manduck, post: 7088138, member: 6801718"] It could also depend on what the new character is. If they are a ranger or barbarian, the could just live in the wilds and find the party. Perhaps they had a problem with whatever ambushed the party and were tracking the ambushers to take them out. If it's cleric or paladin, maybe their deity sent them to recover the artifact. Or a wizard or rogue heard about the artifact and want it to study or sell. Or perhaps the person was also hired to get the artifact by someone else. There are dozens of reasons for the new character to be out there. It could be completely by chance and the new character is doing something unrelated. You could even have the party come upon the new player in a situation where perhaps they were ambushed too and the party has to help them. It's hard to say more without specifics. Like what ambushed them. We'll need a little more than "something ambushed the party and one of them died" to give you more specific ideas. Did the ambushers take prisoners? Maybe they find the new member as a captive in the ambusher's camp, not far away. There are a lot of ways to handle it though. Plus you can just invite the player to come up with a reason their new character would be there. It's their character after all and they know that character best. Let the player be creative and have some fun while having them do some of the heavy lifting. They probably already have ideas. [/QUOTE]
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