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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Riggs" data-source="post: 2549705" data-attributes="member: 15467">I view it as rewarding the participants.What we do, which I like, is:Always be courteous and let people know if you can't make it, so that is just that.If you don't make it, you are under the assumption that you get nothing except what the party keeps for you (usually treasure).If you don't make it but your character is used meaningfully, if only partially, then you get half XP.If you miss it and your character is not used, then no contribution by you=no XP.If you come but have to leave, or show up late, then you get the XP you got while playing, usually rounding to the half if you didn't get that.I had this come up, I showed up, had to leave after a bit because my daughter was having a tough time sleeping, was sick, etc. so I leave from no fault of my own.  Since my character is no longer helping the party, and they had to make do with CRs planned with me there, then I am completely ok with only getting partial XP.  If they chose to play him then fine, but the XP gained there also risks death too.  We see it more like earning rewards or not, not getting punished for absence.  And we also have rules for not getting too far behind (you only slide to one level behind max).</blockquote>