tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post5932602652665134698..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: less a party and more like a circusJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-33065070021959246902010-08-14T09:56:46.467-05:002010-08-14T09:56:46.467-05:00"So I ask, with your open table, how do you h..."So I ask, with your open table, how do you handle player absence?"<br /><br />I can't speak for Jeff, but I can tell you how it seems to work from my very limited experience with the group.<br /><br />The sessions seem to begin and end at a tavern/town/civilization. The various characters seem to me like friendly coworkers. We work together to explore dungeons, gain riches, and occasionally help an NPC. If a player doesn't show up, then their character likewise just doesn't show up at the agreed meeting place the next day. Most likely, this place serves drinks.<br /><br />Maybe that character is practicing combat skills, or maybe they just decided to take the day off, whatever. We might leave word and a coin with the barkeep, he can tell them where we went off to so they can catch up later. <br /><br />The characters who do show up discuss their options, and choose a destination to travel toward. If the characters decide that they need some extra help they might ask around and try to persuade/pay an NPC to join them.<br /><br />Is it dangerous to explore new areas without a trap-finder, or a meat-shield, or a wound-binder, or all three?... yep. But, if Orlek the spell-slinger (brother of Orlen, R.I.P.) wanted a safe job he'd be selling "Rat on a Stick"tm.Nick (the vetran of a session)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-12368622187444643282010-08-13T14:42:26.645-05:002010-08-13T14:42:26.645-05:00Awesome game, it sounds like. It sounds a little l...Awesome game, it sounds like. It sounds a little like my open table T&T game I used to run. Some weird characters at that game...AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-10624189802752877362010-08-12T20:07:54.841-05:002010-08-12T20:07:54.841-05:00Reminds me of this joke:
A magic-user, an ape, a ...Reminds me of this joke:<br /><br />A magic-user, an ape, a bear, amd a wolf walk into a bar. <br /><br />Bartender asks, "Polymorph Other?"<br /><br />"No," The ape replys, pointing to the magic-user. "Not yet, he's buyin'"<br /><br />Ciao!<br />GWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-25535289097790020122010-08-12T17:17:26.514-05:002010-08-12T17:17:26.514-05:00I want to play an Ape!I want to play an Ape!Aoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145284080419502886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-10752556783243522772010-08-12T16:44:44.359-05:002010-08-12T16:44:44.359-05:00Not to steal Jeff's thunder, but I usually hav...Not to steal Jeff's thunder, but I usually have the present players each play a character for the absent players. I'll also occasionally run one as a quasi-NPC, especially if it is the theif being used as a scout or something like that. Its pretty enar impossible to get 8 adults together consistently in the real world! Of course, as one player (my brother, who never misses a session) always tells the players who don't show up: "very dangerous...you go first!"<br /><br />There is no whining allowed for KIA characters, player present or not!Keith Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319879076978887933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-24189581343739397282010-08-12T16:15:49.765-05:002010-08-12T16:15:49.765-05:00I'm considering changing my semi-weekly game t...I'm considering changing my semi-weekly game that people really make an effort to attend to a fully-weekly one where you can come or not come as time & interest permits. So I ask, with your open table, how do you handle player absence?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com