thread: 2006-01-13 : Push and pull aside, co-ownership
On 2006-01-17, Troy_Costisick wrote:
Heya,
I have a general question about co/multi-ownership characters. Say there's a GM in the game system. Does he also have partial ownership of the characters? Can he take over one for a moment and decide something he/she does or has?
Peace,
-Troy
This makes VAX go "Depends on the game"
Some games have explicit rules that allow for GM input to player actions. Old versions of Pendragon did this, and V:tM Vampires could fall victim to this with the Rotschreck rules. Generally, though, it's rare.
This makes BR go "In the old days...."
I remember a time when GM take over (functional and dysfunctional) was fairly common. It started shutting down (in functional mode, at least) in my circles in the late 80s/early 90s as books/magazines/cons increasingly told us that the GM having any co-ownership/authority over the inner life of a character was broken.
