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What are some creative ways for a GM to deal with narrative for when players are not able to attend a session? (kbin.social)
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Hey all, my friend is starting a new game. We have some newbies joining and their attendance maybe hit and miss, with work schedules and life. What are some creative ways your groups have managed missing players outside of someone paying for them one session?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

For the few games I've run:

  • If half of the players cannot make it, we postpone/reschedule. No point in playing if half the group is missing.
  • If someone misses a session, we ignore them unless they've designated someone else to play their character. They still get xp but as I've gotten older, IRL happens and it's no ones fault if they can't make a session.
  • If a character must be involved and no one has been designated, I take over for them. I personally don't like doing that because reasons, but some situations honestly call for things like that.

Other than those things, I type up post session recaps and share with them. That way it's a good refresher in between sessions and if someone missed a session, they can read and catch up with what happened. Mind you, we play every other Saturday for 2 hours at a time because IRL and adulting lol.