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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 2611884" data-attributes="member: 99">I feel a bit of your pain, Bullgrit.All but one of my players have kids so they have at least as much responsibility as I do there.  Most of them take considerable joy in levelling their characters and several also do other activities that support our game, namely painting minis and making terrain.But there is one guy...He's almost always a bit late to the session and outside the session he does essentially nothing that has to do with the game.  The only really big issue I've got with this has to do with him levelling his character.  So my basic rule is that if your character is not ready to go by the start of the session then you have to play the PC at whatever level they're at.  I've found that since he moved to a fairly "basic" sort of PC (a non-spellcasting Fighter/Rogue), he doesn't have nearly as much book keeping and usually levels the character at the end of the session where he made the level.But that is somewhat beside the point.  The real issue is that you as the GM don't feel appreciated for your efforts.  And over the long run that can only lead to resentment and very likely "GM Burnout".  So I suggest that you address your group at the start of the next session and tell them that when they put no effort into the game it makes you feel like your own efforts are somewhat wasted.  Tell them that you don't expect them to put in as much effort as you do but outline some basic requirements like having their character sheets updated and knowing the rules that apply to their characters.If they won't comply then it indicates that they don't value your efforts and that would make me tend to say, "Ok, then I'm going to need to let someone else GM for a while."</blockquote>

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