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<blockquote data-quote="JoeBlank" data-source="post: 2549604" data-attributes="member: 1806">Mr. Gibbons put it pretty well from my perspective. Most DMs I see these days give an option. If you are going to miss a game then you have three choices: have your PC find an excuse not to be around for the session, have another player run your PC, or have the GM/referee run the PC. I usually prefer the option of not having my PC there if I can't be there. But circumstances sometime prevent a logical reason for my PC to disappear, such as being in the middle of a dungeon. Also, sometimes I feel guilty if I have to miss a session and the other PCs might be relying on my PC, such as if I am playing the only cleric, or some other crucial role. I would hate for the game to suffer just because I can't be there. Some sort of acknowledgement should be made that the players who make it to the game are putting more into the game than the players who can't make it. I'm not putting down players who can't make every game. Heck, I'm one of those players. In my two regular, in-person games I am the only player with children. My fellow players and DMs are very cool about the fact that things come up sometimes, and I am good about providing as much notice as possible when I can't make it to a session. But I certianly don't expect my fellow gamers to detract from their own RP experience by being forced to play my PC and then have my PC get the same &quot;share&quot; as the others. It just seems fair to me something like 1/2 XP makes sense. One DM also awards some bonus XP to the PC of the a player who runs a missing player's PC. This also seems fair to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoeBlank, post: 2549604, member: 1806"] Mr. Gibbons put it pretty well from my perspective. Most DMs I see these days give an option. If you are going to miss a game then you have three choices: have your PC find an excuse not to be around for the session, have another player run your PC, or have the GM/referee run the PC. I usually prefer the option of not having my PC there if I can't be there. But circumstances sometime prevent a logical reason for my PC to disappear, such as being in the middle of a dungeon. Also, sometimes I feel guilty if I have to miss a session and the other PCs might be relying on my PC, such as if I am playing the only cleric, or some other crucial role. I would hate for the game to suffer just because I can't be there. Some sort of acknowledgement should be made that the players who make it to the game are putting more into the game than the players who can't make it. I'm not putting down players who can't make every game. Heck, I'm one of those players. In my two regular, in-person games I am the only player with children. My fellow players and DMs are very cool about the fact that things come up sometimes, and I am good about providing as much notice as possible when I can't make it to a session. But I certianly don't expect my fellow gamers to detract from their own RP experience by being forced to play my PC and then have my PC get the same "share" as the others. It just seems fair to me something like 1/2 XP makes sense. One DM also awards some bonus XP to the PC of the a player who runs a missing player's PC. This also seems fair to me. [/QUOTE]

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