Dec 27, 2017, 7:18 PM

I've been meaning to ask this for a while, and the latest MU Peeves has reminded me of it.

In terms of having to remain active or set time aside for people who need to play with you, what do you consider a reasonable amount of 'responsibility' players can be expected to sign up on, and what are the limits? Is it only a matter of initial arrangement, terms and communication or are there more caveats to it?

I'm referring to things such as:

  • Attaining an IC position of authority or similar rank
  • Accepting a dependent PC attached to yours (ghouls and thralls to Kindred are common examples)
  • Running a non-short term plot (let's limit it to PrPs and not staff-ran things for the purposes of this)
  • Being in an IC relationship

What I'm mainly looking to see your thoughts should also take the flipside into account - how much freedom should there be for other players to bypass you if your activity and/or time set aside isn't deemed sufficient for them? For instance how easily should you be replaced from an IC position? Should there be a positive or mutually agreed IC justification for it or should you just be fired? If you're not around enough for an IC relationship what's a good guideline for your PC be dumped/divorced off-screen?

As usual, please keep in mind this is the constructive section. 🙂