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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 3160180" data-attributes="member: 22622">I have a slight Dilemma. I have a player whom 4 weeks ago decided two days before session that she would not be at the next session, nor any other sessions for the next 4 weeks. Her decision was unexpected, but came after she and I discussed her, her playstyle and her character. Lets say the conversation probably did not know as she expected. I was honest, and told her that several players voiced concern for months about her characters ability to disappear during combat and many non-combat encounters including one time where 2 of the mages would have been killed without DM intervention. We also got a new player a few weeks ago for which her swooning was proving fairly uncomfortable for him and kinda unfocused her on the game. I assumed she took it well, but apparently from the following email she needed some time off. we had already loss 3 players whom moved out of state and had only replaced 2 of those players. Two weeks into her Sabatical, one of the new players had to drop the campaign because of a change in work schedule. Now we are down to 3 players. This Sunday, one of the players notifies me that she says she will be taking some additional time away.  If things turn out right, I may have three good players waiting to join, but the maximum table size is six (and my personal limit). She could not have left at amore crucial time for the party. The party is probably on their most significant adventure yet, and it would be very impractical to introduce a new character after next week considering their going into the bowels of a dark untampered with vault. What would you do in this situation? My first thought is to let her know that her spot is in jeopardy and ask her to commit to coming back Next week like she innitally said. Then again I don't want to be insensitive. WHen she's on and not flirting with the new guy, she is a good role-player despite her lack of tactical skills. Curious about what others would do in this situation and how long do you normally wait for a player to return to your group before looking for another player?</blockquote>

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