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<blockquote data-quote="Bigsta" data-source="post: 7477882" data-attributes="member: 6803284"><p>I had an interesting situation come up recently. I have DMed since 2e and have always subscribed to the "modern" view of, "the true penalty is not getting to play." So players in my games have gotten full xp when they miss a session (no treasure though).</p><p></p><p></p><p>About a year ago my weekly group imploded and I needed a break from DMing. One of my surviving players got a new group together and one of the new people (Millennial) wanted to DM ToA under AL rules, so no xp if you missed the session. Everyone was fine with that. Since I was hosting, if I was unavailable there was no game so I always had the highest xp the group. One of the other players (Gen X), who is about my age, also subscribes to the modern view, so whenever he missed a session he would just use his AL DM rewards to pump up his character to my character level.</p><p></p><p></p><p>After ToA ended I was excited to DM again and have been running a homebrew campaign. Millennial wanted to do classic xp while Gen X wanted to do modern. Wanting to make everyone happy, I told all 7 players they could chose individually whether they wanted to play under classic or modern sensibilities. Every player has missed at least one session due to life stuff. Millennial was the only player who didn't take xp for the session he missed, while every other player has been happy to take the xp for their missing sessions.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Two sessions ago Millennial gave up. As Gen X, who missed the week before, was taking his xp for the prior session, Millennial sighed and said he would take the xp for the session he missed previously. I could tell he didn't want to take the xp, but he wanted to be level 5 in a party where everyone was level 6 less.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if there is a lessen here, but if there is, I assume it is: 1) its great to play in a game where everyone is the same level; 2) its great to play in a game where there is a level discrepancy between multiple players; 3) it sucks to be the only guy who is under leveled compared to everyone else in the party.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bigsta, post: 7477882, member: 6803284"] I had an interesting situation come up recently. I have DMed since 2e and have always subscribed to the "modern" view of, "the true penalty is not getting to play." So players in my games have gotten full xp when they miss a session (no treasure though). About a year ago my weekly group imploded and I needed a break from DMing. One of my surviving players got a new group together and one of the new people (Millennial) wanted to DM ToA under AL rules, so no xp if you missed the session. Everyone was fine with that. Since I was hosting, if I was unavailable there was no game so I always had the highest xp the group. One of the other players (Gen X), who is about my age, also subscribes to the modern view, so whenever he missed a session he would just use his AL DM rewards to pump up his character to my character level. After ToA ended I was excited to DM again and have been running a homebrew campaign. Millennial wanted to do classic xp while Gen X wanted to do modern. Wanting to make everyone happy, I told all 7 players they could chose individually whether they wanted to play under classic or modern sensibilities. Every player has missed at least one session due to life stuff. Millennial was the only player who didn't take xp for the session he missed, while every other player has been happy to take the xp for their missing sessions. Two sessions ago Millennial gave up. As Gen X, who missed the week before, was taking his xp for the prior session, Millennial sighed and said he would take the xp for the session he missed previously. I could tell he didn't want to take the xp, but he wanted to be level 5 in a party where everyone was level 6 less. I don't know if there is a lessen here, but if there is, I assume it is: 1) its great to play in a game where everyone is the same level; 2) its great to play in a game where there is a level discrepancy between multiple players; 3) it sucks to be the only guy who is under leveled compared to everyone else in the party. [/QUOTE]
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