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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 2552654" data-attributes="member: 8835">I think some are confusing a lack of reward as a punishment.If you go to the game you will get the following:funsocializingXPIf you don't go to the game, you won't get anything for it, but you also won't lose anything.  You will in fact, stay in place.  Relative to the Jones's, of course you are falling behind.  however, the fact remains,  you're simply not moving, and thus you're not being punished.A punishment takes something away from you, it sets you back.  Not getting any XP for a missed adventure leaves you at the same level you were last week.  A real punishment would be to take away XP for missing the game.Most GMs would prefer to make a missing player's PC disappear for the adventure.  In those cases, no XP is likely.  Some DM's will NPC the PC or entrust it to another player.  That might earn some XP for the PC.  That's the mechanical nature of the game and there is nothing wrong with the system of getting XP for what your character did, and thus getting no XP for doing nothing.Now in the meta-game, perhaps there are some players that get left out more often, and others for whom the scheduling is more tolerant.  That's a people problem.  If you've got a problem like that, talk to your group.  If you've got cancer, for god's sake, work on surviving that and quit worrying about your stupid PC getting XP for a game that is of far less importance than your life.If after all that, you find your PC is still getting behind in XP, talk to your DM.  Perhaps he can run a side quest.  A side quest makes perfect sense for a PC that has been disappearing due to an absent player.  If the DM has the time, he'll probably be more than willing to prepare something.If you just came back to the table after surviving cancer, be happy you're still alive.  Maybe your group will give you some survivor XP in honor of your accomplishment.  Maybe they'll just be thankful to have you back.</blockquote>

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