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<blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 936275" data-attributes="member: 8439">hijack, here. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />&nbsp; Have you ever found that this observation tends to morph into the reciprocal rule - if they can't be there, you don't neccassarily game?I'm just curious, because I've often heard the &quot;committment&quot; justification for higher level characters in the party - you don't get XP if you aren't there, and bob is always there, so bob deserves his higher level PC. But in the cases I actually observe, I will see that if bob wouldn't be able to make it, the time or even venue will change to accomadate - whereas if sal can't make it, he just doesn't make it, no XP, its only fair cause bob makes the game all the time so he gets more...While this sounds like an evenhanded rule, its easy for it to get turned around, either early on (surprise, surprise, the most popular/charismatic member of the gaming group ends up with the most powerful PC) or self perpetuating (gee, we can finish this module on a night where the 9th level cleric can make it, or the night that the 7th level bard can... guess who's getting XP for always showing up?)This might just be me, but has anyone else seen this turnaround on the reward for being there rule?Kahuna Burger</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kahuna Burger, post: 936275, member: 8439"] hijack, here. :eek: Have you ever found that this observation tends to morph into the reciprocal rule - if they can't be there, you don't neccassarily game? I'm just curious, because I've often heard the "committment" justification for higher level characters in the party - you don't get XP if you aren't there, and bob is always there, so bob deserves his higher level PC. But in the cases I actually observe, I will see that if bob wouldn't be able to make it, the time or even venue will change to accomadate - whereas if sal can't make it, he just doesn't make it, no XP, its only fair cause bob makes the game all the time so he gets more... While this sounds like an evenhanded rule, its easy for it to get turned around, either early on (surprise, surprise, the most popular/charismatic member of the gaming group ends up with the most powerful PC) or self perpetuating (gee, we can finish this module on a night where the 9th level cleric can make it, or the night that the 7th level bard can... guess who's getting XP for always showing up?) This might just be me, but has anyone else seen this turnaround on the reward for being there rule? Kahuna Burger [/QUOTE]

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