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<blockquote data-quote="DonTadow" data-source="post: 2365366" data-attributes="member: 22622">1. Ok let me clarify, you don't deal with players whom have consistant family problems.&nbsp; &nbsp; Congrats to the one player whom is about to begin a family BTW.&nbsp; 2 Does it make sense for a player to sacrifice someone else's character to save the players that are there??? As a journalist they tell us that there are no stupid questions and oh how questions like that test my instructions.&nbsp; &nbsp; Again say that you don't feel like adjusting the encounter for the remaining players and move on.&nbsp; But don't bully your players into playing someone elses character by threatening death to there characters because they &quot;might not make it without the missing character&quot;.&nbsp; I take it there are no lasting consequences of death.&nbsp; 3.&nbsp; Again there is a BIG difference between threatening someone's character whom is absent and someone whom is in control of there character.&nbsp; The difference can be compared to a man on trial in full control of his mental state and a guy whom is retarded, mentally handicap and legally insane.&nbsp; &nbsp; If a pc dies it should be because of the actions or non actions of the character whom created him.&nbsp; I&quot;m sure your players do not create their characters for your campaign, but for themselves.&nbsp; The way you talk, it is as if once one of your players creates a character it is the groups and they can do with that character as they wish if he is not present.&nbsp; 4. Ok please don't be offended by that statement but a game full of adults with families and such is diffirent from the college night game most of the time.&nbsp; In college I played for 10 hours straight... with a family I play for 5 hours and that's a long session.&nbsp; This is not about how mature people are at certain ages.&nbsp; It is about how family life changes a gamer and games in general.&nbsp; When you DM games with family people you are more lienient on the rules for missiong sessions and such.&nbsp; Characters are more important to players as they sacrificed precious family time to make them.&nbsp; Most of us have played for so long that death is an important event when it happens.&nbsp; It's just different all around.&nbsp; Sorry if it sounds offensive and its not meant to.&nbsp; But the game changes when you get older.&nbsp; Just a fact of life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DonTadow, post: 2365366, member: 22622"] 1. Ok let me clarify, you don't deal with players whom have consistant family problems. Congrats to the one player whom is about to begin a family BTW. 2 Does it make sense for a player to sacrifice someone else's character to save the players that are there??? As a journalist they tell us that there are no stupid questions and oh how questions like that test my instructions. Again say that you don't feel like adjusting the encounter for the remaining players and move on. But don't bully your players into playing someone elses character by threatening death to there characters because they "might not make it without the missing character". I take it there are no lasting consequences of death. 3. Again there is a BIG difference between threatening someone's character whom is absent and someone whom is in control of there character. The difference can be compared to a man on trial in full control of his mental state and a guy whom is retarded, mentally handicap and legally insane. If a pc dies it should be because of the actions or non actions of the character whom created him. I"m sure your players do not create their characters for your campaign, but for themselves. The way you talk, it is as if once one of your players creates a character it is the groups and they can do with that character as they wish if he is not present. 4. Ok please don't be offended by that statement but a game full of adults with families and such is diffirent from the college night game most of the time. In college I played for 10 hours straight... with a family I play for 5 hours and that's a long session. This is not about how mature people are at certain ages. It is about how family life changes a gamer and games in general. When you DM games with family people you are more lienient on the rules for missiong sessions and such. Characters are more important to players as they sacrificed precious family time to make them. Most of us have played for so long that death is an important event when it happens. It's just different all around. Sorry if it sounds offensive and its not meant to. But the game changes when you get older. Just a fact of life. [/QUOTE]

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