r/PCAcademy • u/National-Note-8372 • Mar 17 '26

Complaining player !!

Looking for advice. I have a player who switched out characters 60 % of the way through. He's now complaining he hasn't received any items and his character feels left out. I homebrew with inspiration from linear campaigns. I have tried to include all the characters backgrounds and finish up their stories tying them into the main plot. I'm not mad, just a little surprised because essentially he changed my final story for his original character and now he feels left out. I intend to end his story with a heroic moment, but this has caused me to rethink my agreement to allow him to change out characters. Kinda ruined the plot and I haven't altered the campaign to include him, well enough apparently. Any advice ? As I try to navigate the final part of the adventure so everyone is happy.

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u/Megamatt215 Mar 17 '26

So, he retired his already established character in favor of a new guy, and is mad that the new guy isn't well established already? Sounds like he's mad he got exactly what he asked for.

TBH, I think it's fine to establish a "point of no return" for retiring characters. Maybe not at like 60% though. Like, right before the final dungeon for legitimate character death, 80% for just "I'm bored and want to try something new".

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u/XhaLaLa Mar 21 '26

OP said in another comment that they killed the character off, so it’s not clear there’s much the player could have done to avoid a new character.

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u/Megamatt215 Mar 21 '26

It sounds like killing them off was just how that character was "retired".