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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7845179" data-attributes="member: 29398">Fair enough.It does when put in context of the continuing game and the players/characters within it, something a DM always has to keep in mind; even if it comes down to do-what-you-gotta-do now and sort the narrative out later.I've done this sort-of recently when a player unexpectedly dropped out of my game, the party was far away from anywhere and thus there was no convenient way to retire his character, but I didn't want to run it as a QPC (Quasi-Player Character), and so I quickly dreamed up a plausible way this character could just vanish.  But I also had to determine where it went and what it would be doing there, as I knew the party had (and would almost immediately use, and they did!) scrying capability.Actually, tangentially, it does: a DM who is willing to let players play out their characters' discussions and chats is also more likely to let that play go to wherever it leads, including PvP if it comes to that (not that it always - or even ever - does, of course).</blockquote>