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Whose "property" are the PCs?
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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 2411618" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>The character belongs to both equally - the character was created by the player, who proceeded to portray him in the game, so his ownership is clear, but none of the PC's exploits make any sense without the context of the game world, and the events therein, which are clearly the DM's.</p><p></p><p>For the sake of versimilitude, the DM <strong>has</strong> to have the right to determine what happens to the character after the end of the campaign. Otherwise, the character has to simply disappear from the campaign world at the end of the campaign. Or, alternatively, the campaign has to end with a TPK. Basically, either the DM can add to the story of the characters to expand his world, or that story has to stop. (There is a third option, but I doubt anyone would actually like to use it: "and then you woke up...")</p><p></p><p>Legally, there could be issues if either the DM or the player seeks to publish. For instance, the player might write a novel about his character, or the DM might seek to publish his home campaign. Either way, there's a rights issue that would need cleared up. But, since I'm not a lawyer, I'm not going to get involved in <em>that</em> one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 2411618, member: 22424"] The character belongs to both equally - the character was created by the player, who proceeded to portray him in the game, so his ownership is clear, but none of the PC's exploits make any sense without the context of the game world, and the events therein, which are clearly the DM's. For the sake of versimilitude, the DM [B]has[/B] to have the right to determine what happens to the character after the end of the campaign. Otherwise, the character has to simply disappear from the campaign world at the end of the campaign. Or, alternatively, the campaign has to end with a TPK. Basically, either the DM can add to the story of the characters to expand his world, or that story has to stop. (There is a third option, but I doubt anyone would actually like to use it: "and then you woke up...") Legally, there could be issues if either the DM or the player seeks to publish. For instance, the player might write a novel about his character, or the DM might seek to publish his home campaign. Either way, there's a rights issue that would need cleared up. But, since I'm not a lawyer, I'm not going to get involved in [I]that[/I] one. [/QUOTE]
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