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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9000651" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I mean, it's the third time you've rejected my assertion that there isn't a person with ultimate authority in my game. I've said, repeatedly, that there isn't one. If you repeatedly reject that assertion, you must think I am simply mistaken. How can that be, though, if I am literally the person on this board* most qualified to answer the question? Because you deny the fundamental assertion--that there can be such a game, with no person or persons vested with ultimate authority, not even "majority vote wins."We achieve consensus. It's really not that hard. We have a frank and open conversation, lay out our interests, discuss our differences, and find a path forward that everyone agrees is appropriate. There is no central authority, other than (perhaps) the rules of DW itself. And those are pretty flexible.I can only tell you what I, personally, do. I can't speak for my players. I can, however, make reference to things my players do. For example, my players invent organizations and NPCs as needed. (Indeed, I would love them to do so more than they do.) They enter major backstory stuff (e.g., the Battlemaster drafted some cool concepts for who his long-disappeared mother is, and how this explains his established connection to ancient history stuff.) They introduce religious principles. If I have a concern about their work, I bring it up, we talk it out, and it gets included. At best, I have merely a specially...let's say "facilitative" role, simply because I run the opposition forces. And, of course, there are all the things that get entered into play by way of one of the players making a move. Sometimes, they ask me questions, and I must (by the rules) give them honest answers. Sometimes, I ask them questions, and they must give me honest answers (by the rules), and those answers become part of the shared imaginary space.*My players could also answer, I'm sure. Perhaps they would disagree with me; I don't know, as I said, I don't claim to speak for them.</blockquote>

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