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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 3003930" data-attributes="member: 2002">Seems more likely to me that at least half the people will whine and complain, but eventually comply.  The rest - good riddance.  I like some consistency in my game, please, and I don't put up with spoiled children.Besides, I have mechanics in place for replacing characters if you want to do so.  All you gotta do is talk to me about your new concept and work with me to retire your character into a NPC position.  In this case, they stay friendly with the party.I offered my players that choice at the end of the fourth session.  They could retire their current character and start a new one at the same level.  Another player has already talked to me about 'temporarily' retiring his Ranger for a while in order to try the PHB II Druid options.  Thumbs up for that one.If you insist on just dropping the character, then you start one level lower and it counts as a strike against you.  As in "three strikes and you're out of the game group".  The old PC becomes an unfriendly NPC, much like a jilted lover.  Moreso if you screw him out of his fair share of the group treasure.You know, doing something like that might just be fun for the OP GM.  Take all those abandoned characters and put them together for revenge against the new PCs.</blockquote>