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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 2302125" data-attributes="member: 32740">Well I certainly wouldn't PUNISH the player for having had to leave the campaign, have had YOU turn his character into an NPC, and then when he returns forbid the player to have a character with any equipment because he wants to play the same character. Look, if he wants to play the same character and you have no problem with that then you have no problem with letting him have the same amount of equipment as if he'd rolled up an entirely new character. If you insist that campaign events that have actually occurred MUST stand then you have to give the player a choice - either play the old character and accept the fact that he has no equipment, or roll up a new character. Oh, and as suggested by others there's nothing wrong with you manipulating unseen events in your campaign so that the character IS re-equipped, such as without the other PC's having been aware of it the returning PC recovered his equipment on his own or with the help of NPC's.When a player leaves a game, unless there is a SPOKEN agreement about the fate of the character then the FORMER player of the character has no say in what will happen to the character in the meantime. Now as a player I know _I_ dislike the idea of DM's doing ANYTHING to a character that I've created without my having been there to PLAY my character even after I've left a campaign far behind. I tend want to be able to continue to think of my character being at least the same as I left it. But that's just me, and if it really matters then I'd specify to the DM that I wish to retire a character AS-IS rather than simply turn them over for the DM to violate 12 ways from Sunday. And if I do then I expect that request to be cheerfully and willingly complied with since to do otherwise would mean the DM is being a serious jackass.And if you HAD killed him off then the player would have nothing to say about it since he hadn't asked you to preserve his character in any way/shape/form. But again, if you're going to let him play the character, then either the player accepts the limitations on picking up a "used" character because you want to maintain campaign consistency, or you accomodate the players right to having a PC that is NOT penalized for no fault of the player.</blockquote>

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