Be a Fan of the PCs

The main characters of a game of MASKS are always the PCs. No NPC is ever as important as the PCs. And you, as an audience member of this story, are always more interested in the PCs’ stories than anybody else’s stories.

When you’re saying what happens next, think about it from the perspective of a fan. What would you want to see next? Would you really want to see the Protégé, an incredibly adept fighter, look like a clumsy fool? Would you really like to see the Transformed just be accepted instantly and loved, without any trials or tribulations? Being a fan means both that you want the PCs to be awesome, and that you want to see them pressed. They go together!

Putting pressure on the PCs means they have the chance to be awesome. But it means you won’t want to see them made chumps, or look incompetent, or anything similar. Ruining the core conceits of a character, or taking away what makes them cool—that’s the epitome of not being a fan.