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Frodo Lives
07-02-03, 04:24 PM I have a problem and I'm wondering how it could be handled. I am in a group of 3 players, and how we normally handle a player no show is by getting one of the other players to take over his character for the night. Last session one player didn't show, so I played his character (9th level monk). We were on a basic dungeon crawl/hack n slash adventure and last session ended pretty much in the middle of it, so we really did need all three characters along. Unfortunatly, the monk died in the first encounter of the evening. A frost giant got a crit on him which did over 60 hps of damage which dropped him to -20. He took some damage before which I tried to heal with my character (the cleric) , and I was playing the monk very conservitively I didn't want to get the monk killed while I was playing him. Now I don't think I played the character wrong because any of us would have been killed by that hit at that point, and the monk just was unlucky. The big problem is the cleric and the fighter leveled that night, so if the monk gets raised, he will be level 8 while we're level 10, and we were even at the beginning of the night! The other player isn't going to be very happy about this and I feel a little guilty, again I don't think I played the monk badly, he just had some bad luck. We've never had a character die when someone else played them before, so I don't know what the DM will do. What do you think could be done about it?
Ume
07-02-03, 05:08 PM Talk to the DM regarding your concerns. See how the DM reacts to that, and if I were you, I would have the DM explain what happened to the monk's player.
It doesn't seem that it was your fault, and after all, your cleric character tried to help by healing the monk.
You should be in the clear of blame.
dirk hightower
07-02-03, 05:14 PM Firstly, the problem belongs SOLELY to the DM...

He could have pulled that punch and NOT killed the Monk - so, the solution is his.

I don't reccomend circumventing the rules and fudging the levels... that path leads to chaos... and a questioning of rules every time something doesn't go your way.

If I were DMing (and I do) I would pull the absent player aside and explain: a) these things happen b) you didn't play the Monk recklessly, and c) look for some kind of "make-up" magic item soon

Cool treasure usually makes a player forget his recent troubles!!!
Reverend_Chaos
07-03-03, 05:31 PM that happens a lot with my role-playing group. It is pretty frustrating to have your character die, while you were not even there, but the fact is, you cannot faut the other players when your character dies, because YOU could not show up. That player was the one who could not make it, and even if he had been there, it sounds to me like he would have died anyway. I would let the DM handle that one.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Frodo Lives 07-02-03, 04:24 PM	I have a problem and I'm wondering how it could be handled. I am in a group of 3 players, and how we normally handle a player no show is by getting one of the other players to take over his character for the night. Last session one player didn't show, so I played his character (9th level monk). We were on a basic dungeon crawl/hack n slash adventure and last session ended pretty much in the middle of it, so we really did need all three characters along. Unfortunatly, the monk died in the first encounter of the evening. A frost giant got a crit on him which did over 60 hps of damage which dropped him to -20. He took some damage before which I tried to heal with my character (the cleric) , and I was playing the monk very conservitively I didn't want to get the monk killed while I was playing him. Now I don't think I played the character wrong because any of us would have been killed by that hit at that point, and the monk just was unlucky. The big problem is the cleric and the fighter leveled that night, so if the monk gets raised, he will be level 8 while we're level 10, and we were even at the beginning of the night! The other player isn't going to be very happy about this and I feel a little guilty, again I don't think I played the monk badly, he just had some bad luck. We've never had a character die when someone else played them before, so I don't know what the DM will do. What do you think could be done about it?
Ume 07-02-03, 05:08 PM	Talk to the DM regarding your concerns. See how the DM reacts to that, and if I were you, I would have the DM explain what happened to the monk's player. It doesn't seem that it was your fault, and after all, your cleric character tried to help by healing the monk. You should be in the clear of blame.
dirk hightower 07-02-03, 05:14 PM	Firstly, the problem belongs SOLELY to the DM... He could have pulled that punch and NOT killed the Monk - so, the solution is his. I don't reccomend circumventing the rules and fudging the levels... that path leads to chaos... and a questioning of rules every time something doesn't go your way. If I were DMing (and I do) I would pull the absent player aside and explain: a) these things happen b) you didn't play the Monk recklessly, and c) look for some kind of "make-up" magic item soon Cool treasure usually makes a player forget his recent troubles!!!
Reverend_Chaos 07-03-03, 05:31 PM	that happens a lot with my role-playing group. It is pretty frustrating to have your character die, while you were not even there, but the fact is, you cannot faut the other players when your character dies, because YOU could not show up. That player was the one who could not make it, and even if he had been there, it sounds to me like he would have died anyway. I would let the DM handle that one.