karabooo says:
... PvP ... policy is on such matters ...
No 'PvP' allowed, but CvC is allowed with the enthusiastic consent of all players involved.
If the players both agree, we can look to the mechanics to resolve conflicts between their characters, but if one player wants something another player can not use the game mechanics to stop them from make a choice or taking an action, that is an out-of-game discussion (just like we are naturally having already:).
That does mean that
karabooo gets to decide what
Ezme does, and whether that is to try to stop
Gronk. But
GameMaster gets to decide what
Gronk does, and that could be to 'get away without needing to deal with
Ezme' (think X-Card), maybe we just say that he was too far head and the mist swallowed him? If our actions make sense in the fiction it should not be too hard to explain how they came about. If an action does not make sense in the fiction you simply can't choose to do that, this is what '
Fiction First' means.
karabooo says:
... Did we decide the mist-dispelling power was centered on Gronk or on something that he is carrying? ...
We did not decide. Ultimately that is up to
Gronk, but it sounded like it was about him, not an item?
karabooo says:
... Ezme could try to wrestle it from Gronk (since he isn't really using it anyway!) ...
Viable, if all players are into that.
karabooo says:
... starting to wonder if he might be working with the enemy ...
That does seem like a logical conclusion to his actions. But the PCs are not the bad guys in this game. If
GameMaster wants to keep playing
Gronk then he needs to not be
trying to get the rest in trouble even if his foolhardy action might incidentally do so.
karabooo says:
... if Gronk continues on his own to meet the evil master, that I not be able to see what happens to him behind the scenes. This mysterious build up has been fun and I'd rather not ruin the surprise of what's at the end. ...
Agreed. We have all spent time crafting this situation and it would not be fair to have a 'bored' player wreck it for everyone. If
Gronk chooses to continue on this course we have to have a conversation and work out what happens in private, this site can do that, but I seldom use the features since I am not a fan of such things.
If we don't hear from @GameMaster tomorrow I will PM them and decide how to move passed this blocker.
Actually I am worried enough that I am sending a well-being-check PM now, if I don't hear back I may see if anyone knows them and can check on them.