1.Once someone is added to a party they can not be removed.
So the Person who just logs off game without leaving your party, guess what, they remain in party..
Also you can not remove a player after they have joined your group.
They can leave but you can not boot them..
2. The -2 con effect suffered from Death pact... -2 con does not come off when in a tavern even after raising from the dead.the spell works as wxplained but I slash death in a tavern , raised, and then waited to see if the -2 con would go away and it did not....