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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9281616" data-attributes="member: 23751">These all seem to be based on the assumption that the player is still playing in the game.  If a player is in the game and a former PC from another campaign is encountered, I leave it to the player of that PC to roleplay what the character does. He knows the character best.I'm talking about what happens when a player leaves the game entirely.  There is no obligation for me to track down the player and ask permission to roleplay the now NPC in my game.That said, I do agree that session zero clarifications are a good thing and do run a session 0 in my games.Unlike most intellectual property, a character is made to be shared in the game world.  Primary control resides with the player, but there are times when the DM can and does take over for a bit. The character(s) and the game as a whole belong to everyone playing in the collaborative effort.I've yet to be in a social contract that assumes that if a player leaves the game entirely, the DM can't use the character as an NPC.</blockquote>