Should ethereal characters be able to possess others like ghosts do

[transcendation]

How do you handle PCs on the border ethereal who try to occupy the same space (i.e., enter and possess) characters on the prime?

 

[Nifft]

"No."

Possession is a feature of one incorporeal critter -- ghosts. It's even got its own name ("malevolence"). I'm betting your PC does not have this ability.

Cheers, -- N

 

[GreatLemur]

To further explain something that shouldn't really need explaination, going incorporeal doesn't make characters Deadman; it just makes them Kitty Pryde.

 

[ValhallaGH]

"You want your character to be a ghost? No problem. Just give me the character sheet. Now, go make a new character, this one is a ghost."

That's how I handle it.

 

[transcendation]

So, can they occupy the same space or not?

Being on the border ethereal, the PC is non-corporeal. What happens when he tries to pass through a person who is on the Prime?

transcendation

 

[WhatGravitas]

Being on the border ethereal, the PC is non-corporeal. What happens when he tries to pass through a person who is on the Prime?

transcendation

Nothing. The PC is not non-corporeal (or incorporeal), from the point of view of a Prime creature, the PC is non-existent (and vice versa), unless he utilizes magic to see the PC.

Different planes = no interaction at all, unless specified (like for abjurations and force effects) - the Ethereal just has the special notion, that a creature on the Ethereal can see the Prime.