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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3202411" data-attributes="member: 30035">The motivation to show up is the fun of playing your character. That's the reason you're in the game, presumably.Several years ago I was very ill for a long period and had to miss a number of game sessions. I was playing in games with a couple of different GMs, and each of them responded to the situation in a different way. One GM gave my character full XP for the sessions during which I was absent, although I'm fairly certain my PC became all but invisible during those sessions. The other GM did not give any XP for my absences, but again my PC was treated as though not present. Naturally I like what the first GM did. I didn't fall behind, and hence didn't get penalized for something that was entirely out of my control. Sure, you can say it penalized the other players because they didn't get extra XP for being present and having active characters. But that's not the way we play. We're in it for the roleplaying and player social interaction. The XP is just a bonus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 3202411, member: 30035"] The motivation to show up is the fun of playing your character. That's the reason you're in the game, presumably. Several years ago I was very ill for a long period and had to miss a number of game sessions. I was playing in games with a couple of different GMs, and each of them responded to the situation in a different way. One GM gave my character full XP for the sessions during which I was absent, although I'm fairly certain my PC became all but invisible during those sessions. The other GM did not give any XP for my absences, but again my PC was treated as though not present. Naturally I like what the first GM did. I didn't fall behind, and hence didn't get penalized for something that was entirely out of my control. Sure, you can say it penalized the other players because they didn't get extra XP for being present and having active characters. But that's not the way we play. We're in it for the roleplaying and player social interaction. The XP is just a bonus. [/QUOTE]

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