Refusing Rituals

[obcidian_bandit]

2. If the recipient of the ritual is an individual, the ritual marshal will ask the recipient, "A ritual is being cast on you. Do you accept it?" (...) If the player says "no," the ritual marshal must follow the rules set forth below under the heading "Unwilling Targets"

(my emphasis)
So, here, the book clearly indicates that the Marshal is asking the Player during a Hold. The character is never included.
However, this section refers us to the section titled Unwilling Targets:

Unwilling Targets: Sometimes rituals are cast on unwilling recipients. Unwilling recipients may inform the ritual marshal that their character wishes to die rather than accept the ritual.

(my emphasis)

Who makes the decision to refuse a ritual? Is the the Player OOG (possibly so that the player has on 'out' rather than potentially lose enjoyment playing their character after being influenced by a ritual, such as Race Change or Spirit Forge) or the Character IG (so they can "heroically" die rather than be turned against the town as an undead goat or something).

 

[Polare]

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-Bryan Gregory
ARC Member

 

[Polare]

The intent is that it is completely and solely up to the player.

The text should be updated to read:

Unwilling Targets: Sometimes rituals are cast on unwilling recipients. The player of an unwilling recipient may inform the ritual marshal that he or she wishes her character to ressurect rather than accept the ritual. In the case of ritual effects delivered outside the context of a ritual casting, the player may choose to have their character immediately dissipate and head to the nearest earth circle for ressurection, following the normal rules.

-Bryan Gregory
ARC Member