From:	"Steven A. Collins" <scollins@**.UML.EDU>
Subject:	Re: question
Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 1997 17:04:49 -0400

On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Simon T. Sailer wrote:

->HI!
->Just one simple, not too important question to all those who play
->shadowrun regularly...
->What If a player is missing at one session? Do you let another one
->play his character? Or do you think of a way to let the character
->disappear for some time?
->
->If somebody else plays the character, aren't ther problems with the
->stats since the character sheet in question should be missing as
->well?
->
->Ok, I'ts really not too important, but anyway, Id like to know how
->others play...
->
That depends on where we are in the story. If we are just about to
enter a combat or inside the Renraku complex when we have to call it
quits then by all means that character will be there next session. But
if they are still in the legwork part of the run well then that
character will have a close relative die or some such to get him out
for the night. I overcome the character sheet problem by making the
characters leave coppies of their characters with me. If for some
reason they didn't and the character can't be written out then at the
first oppourtunity the character will be killed (to bad for the player
he knew the rules). If I do have the sheet then he will be run by
another played with me holding veto power on any actions if I think he
is being played out of character (no making the absent guys character
charge the machine gun nest to cover the rest of the teams escape).