thread: 2009-07-26 : Very Briefly about Authority
On 2009-08-04, Vincent wrote:
cc: The Universalis example is quite particular. If you're not familiar with that game, it won't help.
In the Poison'd example, the rules don't assign that authority to anyone. Or they assign it to whoever speaks up first, and I guess they assign everyone else the authority to contribute too. Anyone can say that my character's arm snaps, and anyone can add that my character's eyebrow's split open, and there doesn't need to be any assignment of authority because we all agree and we're all equal.
So: I'm not saying that authority is absent from the example. I'm saying that it's an example where assigning authority to one player or another isn't the solution to the problem. The rules solve the problem, THEN assign authority to just oh, whomever.
