Re: Rougtero Vivocefo

[Rob <rob@aclcb.purdue.edu>]

Since when does a character have to become an actor to be High Priest

Daniel Lawrence wrote:

> My view on this subject has always been simple. When a player wants to
> become an Actor, the relinquish control of the character to the GM pool. If
> an adventurer becomes high priest, then the player must control all his
> interactions, or must decide to allow him to be made into an actor. Its not
> fair for an adventurer to have his actions decided by a GM, and certainly a
> player will get angry about this happening.... So the player of the
> adventurer becoming High Priest must either run him as a high priest and be
> the one responcible, delegating his authority to lower priests when he cant
> be there, or allow him to be Actorized, creating a good writeup and
> allowing the GMs to use him as an actor.... Regardless of the consequences
> to the resulting actor.
>                                         Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Rick Myers [SMTP:leviathan_60@hotmail.com]
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> Subject:        Re: Rougtero Vivocefo
>
> There seems to be two possible solutions to this issue.
>
> A) Players can't be High Priests.
>
> or
>
> B) If a player is in a position of Power, there needs to be an immediate
> second in command who is not a player character that a GM may use.
>
> I prefer B, but it requires more work.  If a player isn't there, then
> his character shouldn't be used.  But if the player is in charge of
> something important, and immediate events demand a descision then there
> needs to be someone who can act and do so under GM control.
>
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