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Message: <blockquote data-quote="farscapesg1" data-source="post: 2550023" data-attributes="member: 15234">I wish I could have been in that thread also  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I see your point on a story-based vs. hack-and-slash based game.  I personally prefer a story based game myself.  However, part of that story requires consistancy of the characters.  If I'm playing in a game and one of the characters is regularly missing from the game (the player couldn't make it and no one is running the character), then I don't have as much fun and feel that something is missing.  If there is a good reason for that character to be gone (in-story) then I can live with it, but I would prefer for that character (who is part of the story) to be there, even if they aren't handled exactly the same way their player would handle them.Imagine reading a novel and the heroes are working their way through the dank caverns, when suddenly one of them suddenly has to go back to the church and meditate for a couple days  :\   Yet the rest of the characters continue on and a couple days later that lone character manages to find them again and join up with them.As to all the comments from others about "adult responsibilities", I'm 29 and married.  I still manage to make it to games every other weekend.  If I can't make it (usually due to the wife telling me to take a break), I let the appropriate people know.  I feel that it is a gift that I have a DM who will run the games at his home and players that want to game with me, so I owe them the curteousy of making sure not to affect their enjoyment of the game by not showing up or providing my character information to keep the storyline moving.</blockquote>

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