Sorceror freaked us out �

Comparing ensemble films like Short Cuts and Lone Star with a multi-character Sorceror game:

Maybe you�re saying that while every character feels like they�re the main character, you can�t always tell who is (or if there�ll be) a main character at the start of a story like this.

Are we talking about the �fact� that - in any given game - some PCs may end up looking like supporting characters in terms of screen time (or addressing premise) � even though something important and pivotal has happened in their life?

This discussion�s made me realise that I must have some sort of social contract with myself � to give everyone equal screen-time no matter what. For instance, this is what Wayne got to do in Session 2:

Keith Byrne AKA The Vigilante
* Races the Road Runner and wins.
* An assassin sneaks up and stabs Keith nearly to death. Keith tries to talk his way out and fails. [/color]

I�m afraid I didn�t give Wayne a lot of stuff to do with Keith. I retarded both the moment of attack and separated some of the rounds of the attack between other people�s scenes. I was trying to create suspense, don�t think it worked. But despite my dissatisfaction, Wayne said he didn�t have a problem with the amount of screen-time he got this session.

Killing PCs off is another social contract issue I have with myself. Reasons? People come to play and have fun; they�ve invested a lot of time into creating these characters; and you could interpret death as losing. Anyway, in this particular case I�ve come up with something I think is really neat for Keith so it�s not an issue.

SIDE NOTE: Some of the rules oriented questions raised before are being dealt with in the Contest of Wills thread.