Preference for removing old characters and introducing new ones

[demiurge1138]

I try to make for a good story reason why a character would leave and a new one to replace him. And no, that doesn't always mean killing the old character. Sometimes they retire from the adventuring business, get a "real job", get kidnapped and fuel a new plot element, etc.

Demiurge out.

 

[ThirdWizard]

Once the PC fell over with a heart attack.

Once we fast forwarded a few months and the PCs had gone on their ways.

Once we decided to put the campaign on hold in case she came back.

That's all my examples.

 

[Nifft]

It is my story, and I am driving it. (And my players. They sometimes help too.)

If I want to allow a PC to change, I allow a PC to change. It has a lot more to do with how I feel a specific PC will add to a situation, rather than the plausibilty of that particular PC being available.

Anyway. One of my players has switched PCs 4 or 5 times, the other three have one PC each. It's not that big a deal IMC.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Crothian]

If a player wants a new character I talk to them as to why. Normally they are bored or don't like the direction the character went or something. I try to work with them and see if we can solve their problem with the character and if we can't they are more then happy to get a new character. All old characters leave the group through story reasons, it is pretty easy to make it happen once a player knows they want something new.