Support Conditionally

Some of the adults in MASKS may be kind, fostering, and supportive—but they probably always think they know who the PCs should turn out to be, and they’ll act to make their opinions clear. They might support the PCs, providing encouragement and positive words, but always in an attempt to get the PCs to trend in the direction they want—always conditionally. And if the PCs refuse to fulfill those conditions, the NPCs will make their discontent known, in anything from angry speeches to barely veiled disapproving looks.

By default, the kind of support many of the PCs will inevitably seek should be conditional, depending on the behavior of the PCs. Over time, it might be possible to earn someone’s open approval unconditionally—but that’s a long way away. Make the PCs either choose to go it on their own, or play by someone else’s rules to receive approval.