What defines "Intercepting"? Is it committing a character to a story? Is it declaring, explicitly, that you are "intercepting"? Is it a state of mind?

Would Y'golonac be able to do the following strategy?

A) Player 1 uses Y'golonac to drag player 2's character into the story.

B) Player 2 is now "intercepting" against his will?

C) Player 3, the far more powerful player, now does not have the option to "intercept", because Player 2 is already doing that.

This is how I interpret the rules. My friend claims that being dragged into a story against your will is not "Intercepting" the story. So, even though Player 2 dragged the character in, Player 3 can still "intercept".

Would someone be able to explain this in a way substaniated by the rules? We fail to convince each other. Thanks!

The rules for Y'Golonac are quite clear. "Pay 1 to choose and ready a character. That character MUST commit to the same story a Y'Golonac, if able."

So yeah, IF the character Y'Golnac readies belongs to the player to your left (per the multi-player rules) an intercept happens, regardless of whether it is wanted or not...

Y'Golonac trumps free will...that's how he rolls

The "MUST commit" in Y'Golnac's text is the important thing..

So your friend is right, hope that helps.