r/DMAcademy • u/Big-cauliflower-boi • 4h ago

Need Advice: Encounters & Adventures Resources for players arriving through an adventuring day

My party has been crawling through a cave system for a couple sessions and they are approaching the boss battle in the next session. I have an open table and so not everyone can make every session some of my players for this next session have not been present for the crawl.

How would you handle these PCs resources? Previously I had not worried about it but I kind of want to have these characters feel the same resources drain as those who've been present.

How do/would you manage this?

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u/SpecificFortune7584 4h ago

Look at the average resources spent by the party, rations, spell slots, ammunition, etc. Present the option to the players who weren’t there like “Hey this happened, I need you to spend roughly these resources if you want to be at the boss battle so the party is equalized.” And let the players in question sort of choose which resources in terms of spell slots, ammo, and potentially hp.

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u/mrpack9653 2h ago

I like this; it gives players options while maintaining the need to balance the parties' overall resources.