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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Destan" data-source="post: 1277467" data-attributes="member: 12157">All good theories, but...none of them true, in this particular case.Many, many posts ago I think I may have spoken a bit about the infrequency in which we're able to get together to play.  Generally, we only sit down as a group 2-3 times per year since we're spread out from Maine to Georgia.The party split because a few of the guys (players of John, Raylin, and Kellus) and myself had a weekend wherein all the stars were in alignment.  Rather than do some one-shot module, the group decided they'd be OK with splitting up - thereby allowing the four of us to continue the campaign for one session.  Baden's player lives down the road from me, so it wasn't a problem for him and I to sit down and do some old-fashioned solo adventuring.The final two characters - Amel and Vath - are played by our Maine and Georgia guys respectively.  They agreed to give Roger Wilco & OpenRPG a shot to play online.  I was pleasantly surprised at how smoothly things went; we're mostly tabletop gamers, so that medium was relatively new to us.Thus: [1] Kellus, John, and Raylin continued their journey toward Val Hor.[2] Baden departed for a homecoming at Axemarch, alone.[3] Amelyssan and Vath fled westward across the Weedsea, hoping to eventually rendezvouz with the group in the near future.With deadly efficiency. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Seriously, the solo adventure with Baden was one of the most enjoyable roleplaying sessions I'd had in quite some time.  I think Josh was able to develop that character in the course of one evening to an extent that would have taken multiple sessions had he been sharing the limelight with 4-5 other PC's.  Because it was just him and I, we concentrated on all things dwarvish to the exclusion of all else.Which brings up an interesting thought - I've had many thoroughly enjoyable nights of gaming, but some of the best were adventures wherein I DM'd only 1 or 2 PC's.  No one gets 'forgotten' around the table that way, things seems to move smoothly, and I can devote all my attention to one or two characters.  I love the group we have now, but there's something to be said for those types of sessions every once in a while.Curious if any DM's or players out there share my thoughts or disagree?Lastly, I will say this:  With but one (very recent) exception, the party has never since split up again.  They learned their lesson. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Good question, JR.DP.S. Darkbard, I haven't read Cormac.  I used to read like it was my job, but haven't been able to do as much lately.  Intend to dive into a mountain of books sometime this summer.</blockquote>

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