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<blockquote data-quote="N'raac" data-source="post: 6114711" data-attributes="member: 6681948">A few questions:&nbsp;- How predictable is &quot;how many sessions this will take&quot;?&nbsp; &nbsp;- How long did you expect the desert crossing to take?&nbsp;- Is it possible that the actions of the players could alter the expected time requied, or that they could take some actions during the period that would interest you (&quot;say, we could sure use this from back home to help out - let's pop back for that and maybe deal with some other pressing stuff while we're there&quot;)?&nbsp;- Is it possible that player agendas could change the direction, the timeframe, or both, of the sessions?&nbsp; Maybe they form new goals while you are not there - you clearly will not be invested in those goals, so should we leave you out until those are also dealt with?&nbsp; It seems quite possible that the game may move on without you.&nbsp; Or do you expect the rest of the group to maintain a status quo so you can pop back in if/when they are dealing with matters of greater interest to you?&nbsp;- Would you be OK with a player saying &quot;hey, not feeling this hate-on for the poor old Grell - I'm gonna take off, but call me once you're done torturing it so I can come back to play the &quot;past the choke point&quot; scene?The more I think about it, the more I have to wonder how happy any GM (or players) can be expected to be when a player says &quot;hey, looks like the next hour/session/month is just going to suck on ice, so call me when you're through all the boring, trivial crap, OK?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N'raac, post: 6114711, member: 6681948"] A few questions: - How predictable is "how many sessions this will take"? - How long did you expect the desert crossing to take? - Is it possible that the actions of the players could alter the expected time requied, or that they could take some actions during the period that would interest you ("say, we could sure use this from back home to help out - let's pop back for that and maybe deal with some other pressing stuff while we're there")? - Is it possible that player agendas could change the direction, the timeframe, or both, of the sessions? Maybe they form new goals while you are not there - you clearly will not be invested in those goals, so should we leave you out until those are also dealt with? It seems quite possible that the game may move on without you. Or do you expect the rest of the group to maintain a status quo so you can pop back in if/when they are dealing with matters of greater interest to you? - Would you be OK with a player saying "hey, not feeling this hate-on for the poor old Grell - I'm gonna take off, but call me once you're done torturing it so I can come back to play the "past the choke point" scene? The more I think about it, the more I have to wonder how happy any GM (or players) can be expected to be when a player says "hey, looks like the next hour/session/month is just going to suck on ice, so call me when you're through all the boring, trivial crap, OK?" [/QUOTE]

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