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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 8006205" data-attributes="member: 23935">The PC is part of the shared world.  The PC is being retired by the player.  Therefore someone else (namely the DM) needs to operate the character.  Can the player decide to reprise his ownership?  Maybe, depending on the reason for retirement.  Can the player use the PC in a different campaign?  Sure!  But the currently operating campaign exists with that character in it.  The world is not altered by the player taking a different PC.I as DM control the freaking universe outside the purview of the PC(s) directly under the players' control.  If you retire your control over a PC voluntarily or involuntarily, that character now belongs to me.  Most of the time there won't be conflict because I have no vested interest in controlling one particular NPC over another and in fact have a minor vested interest in reducing the spotlight on a former PC.  Sometimes, crap happens though and a particular NPC is best suited to a situation.  If that happens to be a former PC, OK.  I'll try to portray the character sensibly and within its established history and characterization as I would any other character.  The former player may or may not be invited to provide input as I deem appropriate.  The NPC may or may not be eligible to be promoted back to PC status depending on their new role in the campaign.If the players come back a few months later to recruit a former PC, assuming it is available and still appropriate for PC status, the player will be faced with a choice: which PC does the player wish to control?  The new PC or the old PC.  Pick one.  The other is a NPC.</blockquote>

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