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<blockquote data-quote="dren" data-source="post: 422380" data-attributes="member: 5176">Wow! I'm surprised there are so many harsh DMs that penalize players for switching characters. I actually encourage players to switch if they are not happy, and then I usually take them over as an npc. It's a great way to add depth to the party. But my only exception to this is in the middle of a dungeon...they have to wait for party breaks, usually at the end of an adventure or mission to switch without penalty. If death occurs in the middle of the session, I usually allow them to take over an npc, which sometimes means another's players former character comes back with them played by another player... otherwise, I usually hand them a pre-generated npc created on e-Tools.&nbsp; Until the mission is over, they don't have much choice.In my years of DMing I've never really had a problem with players constantly switching, but they are alwao prepared to have their character die at any minute. As I've said, you should be able to tear up your character sheet at any time, if you can't, then you are emtionally attached to the character...dren</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dren, post: 422380, member: 5176"] Wow! I'm surprised there are so many harsh DMs that penalize players for switching characters. I actually encourage players to switch if they are not happy, and then I usually take them over as an npc. It's a great way to add depth to the party. But my only exception to this is in the middle of a dungeon...they have to wait for party breaks, usually at the end of an adventure or mission to switch without penalty. If death occurs in the middle of the session, I usually allow them to take over an npc, which sometimes means another's players former character comes back with them played by another player... otherwise, I usually hand them a pre-generated npc created on e-Tools. Until the mission is over, they don't have much choice. In my years of DMing I've never really had a problem with players constantly switching, but they are alwao prepared to have their character die at any minute. As I've said, you should be able to tear up your character sheet at any time, if you can't, then you are emtionally attached to the character... dren [/QUOTE]

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