diff --git a/marko/components/if-permitted/component.js b/marko/components/if-permitted/component.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff70e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/marko/components/if-permitted/component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module.exports = class {
+  onCreate() {
+    this.state = {
+      permitted: false
+    }
+  }
+  
+  onInput(input) {
+    console.log(input.user, input.permission)
+
+    if (!input.user || !input.user.loggedIn) {
+      this.state.permitted = false
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (input.author != null && input.author != "" && input.user.name === input.author) {
+      this.state.permitted = input.user.permissions.includes("member")
+    } else if (Array.isArray(input.permission)) {
+      this.state.permitted = input.user.permissions.find(p => input.permission.includes(p))
+    } else {
+      this.state.permitted = input.user.permissions.includes(input.permission)
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/marko/components/if-permitted/index.marko b/marko/components/if-permitted/index.marko
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a72aab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/marko/components/if-permitted/index.marko
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<if(state.permitted)>
+  <include(input.renderBody) />
+</if>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/marko/components/menu/index.marko b/marko/components/menu/index.marko
index 84dc66e..5315f53 100644
--- a/marko/components/menu/index.marko
+++ b/marko/components/menu/index.marko
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <div class="menu">
-  <include(input.renderBody) />
+  <div class="menu-body">
+    <include(input.renderBody) />
+  </div>
   <if(input.user != null)>
     <menu-gap />
-    <menu-header>User</menu-header>
+    <menu-header key="user">User</menu-header>
     <menu-link if(!input.user.loggedIn) icon="L" href="/auth/login" on-click("loginClicked")>Login</menu-link>
     <menu-link if(input.user.loggedIn) icon="L" href="/auth/logout" on-click("logoutClicked")>Logout <span class="weak">(${input.user.name})</span></menu-link>
-  </if>
+  </if> 
   <else-if(!input.allowNoUser)>
     <menu-blurb class="error">input.user is missing!</menu-blurb>
   </else-if>
diff --git a/marko/page/data/components/add-character-modal/index.marko b/marko/page/data/components/add-character-modal/index.marko
index b96c74f..8d9a83a 100644
--- a/marko/page/data/components/add-character-modal/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/data/components/add-character-modal/index.marko
@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@
   <label>Full Name</label>
   <input key="name" placeholder="" class="big" on-change("change", "name") value=state.values.name />
   
+  <label>IRC Nick</label>
+  <input key="nick" placeholder="" on-change("change", "nick") value=state.values.nick />
+  
   <label>Short Name</label>
   <input key="shortName" placeholder="(Optional)" on-change("change", "shortName") value=state.values.shortName />
   
-  <label>IRC Nick</label>
-  <input key="nick" placeholder="" class="big" on-change("change", "nick") value=state.values.nick />
-
-  <label>Author</label>
-  <input key="author" placeholder=(input.user.name) on-change("change", "author") value=state.values.author />
+  <if-permitted user=input.user permission="character.add">
+    <label>Author</label>
+    <input key="author" placeholder=(input.user.name) on-change("change", "author") value=state.values.author />
+  </if-permitted>
 
   <label>Description</label>
   <textarea key="description" placeholder="Description" on-change("change", "description") value=state.values.description />
diff --git a/marko/page/data/components/channel-list/index.marko b/marko/page/data/components/channel-list/index.marko
index ffc0243..cdd2e3a 100644
--- a/marko/page/data/components/channel-list/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/data/components/channel-list/index.marko
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <compact-list>
   <compact-list-item for(channel in input.channels) key=(channel.name.replace("'", "_APOS_"))>
-    <channel data=channel on-edited("emit", "edited", channel)/>
+    <channel data=channel user=input.user on-edited("emit", "edited", channel)/>
   </compact-list-item>
 </compact-list>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/marko/page/data/components/channel/index.marko b/marko/page/data/components/channel/index.marko
index 3c7d953..6491746 100644
--- a/marko/page/data/components/channel/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/data/components/channel/index.marko
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   <compact-list-property long label="Location" weak=(input.data.locationName === "") value=(input.data.locationName || "None") />
   <compact-list-property short weak=!input.data.logged short label="Logged" value=(input.data.logged ? "On" : "Off") />
   <compact-list-options>
-    <a on-click("open", "edit")>Edit</a>
+    <if-permitted user=input.user permission="channel.edit">
+      <a on-click("open", "edit")>Edit</a>
+    </if-permitted>
   </compact-list-options>
   <edit-channel-modal enabled=(state.modal === "edit") channel=input.data on-edited("emit", "edited") on-close("close") />
 </if>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/marko/page/data/components/channels-page/index.marko b/marko/page/data/components/channels-page/index.marko
index 3a25f0c..ff884d2 100644
--- a/marko/page/data/components/channels-page/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/data/components/channels-page/index.marko
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <data-menu categories=input.categories selected=(input.selected || {}) user=input.user on-open("open") />
 <main>
-  <channel-list channels=state.channels on-edited("channelEdited") />
+  <channel-list channels=state.channels user=input.user on-edited("channelEdited") />
 </main> 
 <add-channel-modal enabled=(state.modal === "channel.add") user=input.user on-added("channelAdded") on-close("close") />
 <add-character-modal enabled=(state.modal === "character.add") user=input.user on-close("close") />
diff --git a/marko/page/data/components/character-list/index.marko b/marko/page/data/components/character-list/index.marko
index 2e9d159..50f270a 100644
--- a/marko/page/data/components/character-list/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/data/components/character-list/index.marko
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <compact-list>
   <compact-list-item for(character in input.characters) key=character.id id=character.id>
     <character data=character 
+               user=input.user
                on-removed("emit", "removed", character)
                on-edited("emit", "edited", character)
                on-nicks("emit", "nicks", character)
diff --git a/marko/page/data/components/character/index.marko b/marko/page/data/components/character/index.marko
index 140adff..bec4068 100644
--- a/marko/page/data/components/character/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/data/components/character/index.marko
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
   <compact-list-property long label="Name" value=input.data.name />
   <compact-list-property short label="Author" value=input.data.author />
   <compact-list-options long>
-    <a key="edit" on-click("open", "edit", input.data)>Edit</a>
-    <a key="nicks" on-click("open", "nicks", input.data)>Nicks</a>
+    <if-permitted user=input.user author=input.data.author permission="character.edit">
+      <a key="edit" on-click("open", "edit", input.data)>Edit</a>
+      <a key="nicks" on-click("open", "nicks", input.data)>Nicks</a>
+    </if-permitted>
+    <if-permitted user=input.user author=input.data.author permission="character.remove">
     <a key="remove" on-click("open", "remove", input.data)>Remove</a>
+    </if-permitted>
   </compact-list-options>
   <remove-character-modal enabled=(state.modal === "remove") character=input.data on-removed("emit", "removed") on-close("close") />
   <edit-character-modal enabled=(state.modal === "edit") character=input.data on-edited("emit", "edited") on-close("close") />
diff --git a/marko/page/data/components/characters-page/index.marko b/marko/page/data/components/characters-page/index.marko
index 7a3e71a..e50038c 100644
--- a/marko/page/data/components/characters-page/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/data/components/characters-page/index.marko
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <data-menu categories=input.categories selected=(input.selected || {}) user=input.user on-open("open") />
 <main>
-  <character-list characters=state.characters on-removed("characterRemoved") on-edited("characterEdited") on-nicks("characterNicksChanged") />
+  <character-list user=input.user characters=state.characters on-removed("characterRemoved") on-edited("characterEdited") on-nicks("characterNicksChanged") />
 </main> 
 <add-character-modal enabled=(state.modal === "character.add") user=input.user on-added("characterAdded") on-close("close") />
 <add-channel-modal enabled=(state.modal === "channel.add") user=input.user on-close("close") />
diff --git a/marko/page/data/components/data-menu/index.marko b/marko/page/data/components/data-menu/index.marko
index cdecf4c..ce2227d 100644
--- a/marko/page/data/components/data-menu/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/data/components/data-menu/index.marko
@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
   <menu-link key="characters" selected=input.selected.characters icon="C" href="/data/characters/">Characters</menu-link>
   <menu-link key="channels" selected=input.selected.channels icon="#" href="/data/channels/">Channels</menu-link>
   <menu-gap />
-  <menu-header>Add</menu-header>
-  <menu-link dark key="characters_add" icon="+" on-click("emit", "open", "character.add")>Character</menu-link>
-  <menu-link dark key="channels_add" icon="+" on-click("emit", "open", "channel.add")>Channel</menu-link>
+  <if-permitted user=input.user permission=["member", "character.add", "channel.add"]>
+    <menu-header>Add</menu-header>
+    <if-permitted user=input.user permission=["character.add", "member"]>
+      <menu-link dark key="characters_add" icon="+" on-click("emit", "open", "character.add")>Character</menu-link>
+    </if-permitted>
+    <if-permitted user=input.user permission="channel.add">
+      <menu-link dark key="channels_add" icon="+" on-click("emit", "open", "channel.add")>Channel</menu-link>
+    </if-permitted>
+  </if-permitted>
 </menu>
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diff --git a/marko/page/logs-content/components/logs-content-menu/index.marko b/marko/page/logs-content/components/logs-content-menu/index.marko
index a62bae7..aff68bf 100644
--- a/marko/page/logs-content/components/logs-content-menu/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/logs-content/components/logs-content-menu/index.marko
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 <menu user=input.user>
-  <menu-header>Log</menu-header>
-  <menu-link dark key="_create" on-click("select", "post.add", null) icon="+">Add Post</menu-link>
-
-  <menu-gap />
+  <if-permitted user=input.user permission="post.add">
+    <menu-header>Log</menu-header>
+    <menu-link dark key="_create" on-click("select", "post.add", null) icon="+">Add Post</menu-link>
+    <menu-gap />
+  </if-permitted>
   <menu-header>Links</menu-header>
   <menu-link href=("/logs/?channels="+input.log.channel.name) icon="#">${input.log.channel.name}</menu-link>
   <menu-link if(input.log.channel.eventName) href=("/logs/?channels="+input.log.channel.eventName) icon="E">${input.log.channel.eventName}</menu-link>
diff --git a/marko/page/logs-content/components/page/index.marko b/marko/page/logs-content/components/page/index.marko
index 9e4aedc..5daed7e 100644
--- a/marko/page/logs-content/components/page/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/logs-content/components/page/index.marko
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
   <div class="logs-content">
     <div class="header">
       <h1 class="color-primary">${component.title}</h1>
-      <a on-click("open", "log.edit") class="color-menu">Edit</a>
-      <a on-click("open", "log.remove") class="color-menu">Remove</a>
+      <if-permitted user=input.user permission="log.edit">
+        <a on-click("open", "log.edit") class="color-menu">Edit</a>
+      </if-permitted>
+      <if-permitted user=input.user permission="log.remove">
+        <a on-click("open", "log.remove") class="color-menu">Remove</a>
+      </if-permitted>
     </div>
     <annotation if(state.removed) level="error">
       <p>
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@
           on-move("movePost", post)
           on-remove("removePost", post)
           on-edited("postEdited")
+          user=input.user
           post=post
           characters=state.log.characters
           last=(post.position === state.log.posts.length)
diff --git a/marko/page/logs-content/components/post/index.marko b/marko/page/logs-content/components/post/index.marko
index f9d180c..6f84f53 100644
--- a/marko/page/logs-content/components/post/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/logs-content/components/post/index.marko
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 <div if(!state.removed) class=["post", component.kindClass("post-type")]>
   <div class="post-meta-row">
     <div class="options color-menu">
-      <a on-click("move", -1, true)>Up</a>
-      <a on-click("move", +1, true)>Down</a>
-      <a on-click("open", "edit") >Edit</a>
-      <a on-click("open", "remove")>Remove</a>
+      <if-permitted user=input.user permission="post.move">
+        <a on-click("move", -1, true)>Up</a>
+        <a on-click("move", +1, true)>Down</a>
+      </if-permitted>
+      <if-permitted user=input.user permission="post.edit">
+        <a on-click("open", "edit") >Edit</a>
+      </if-permitted>
+      <if-permitted user=input.user permission="post.remove">
+        <a on-click("open", "remove")>Remove</a>
+      </if-permitted>
     </div>
     <post-meta kind="timestamp" value=input.post.time />
     <post-meta kind="nick" value=input.post.nick />
diff --git a/marko/page/logs/components/logs-menu/index.marko b/marko/page/logs/components/logs-menu/index.marko
index a2eb774..7c43e7e 100644
--- a/marko/page/logs/components/logs-menu/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/logs/components/logs-menu/index.marko
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <menu user=input.user>
-  <menu-header>Logs</menu-header>
-  <menu-link selected=input.selected.index icon="L" href="/logs/">All</menu-link>
-  <menu-link dark on-click("select", "add") icon="+">Add Log</menu-link>
+  <menu-header key="logs">Logs</menu-header>
+  <menu-link key="logs" selected=input.selected.index icon="L" href="/logs/">All</menu-link>
+  <if-permitted key="if-permitted" user=input.user permission="log.add">
+    <menu-link key="add_log" dark on-click("select", "add") icon="+">Add Log</menu-link>
+  </if-permitted>
   <menu-gap />
-  <menu-header>Filters</menu-header>
+  <menu-header key="filters">Filters</menu-header>
   <menu-gap />
-  <menu-header>Data</menu-header>
-  <menu-link selected=input.selected.channels icon="C" href="/logs/characters/">Characters</menu-link>
-  <menu-link selected=input.selected.channels icon="#" href="/logs/channels">Channels</menu-link>
 </menu>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/marko/page/story-content/components/chapter/index.marko b/marko/page/story-content/components/chapter/index.marko
index 5be1f64..50aab09 100644
--- a/marko/page/story-content/components/chapter/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/story-content/components/chapter/index.marko
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ import moment from "moment"
   <a class="anchor" id=input.chapter.id />
   <div class="metadata">
     <div class="options color-menu">
-      <a on-click("open", "edit") >Edit</a>
-      <a on-click("open", "remove") >Remove</a>
+      <if-permitted user=input.user author=input.chapter.author permission="chapter.edit">
+        <a on-click("open", "edit") >Edit</a>
+      </if-permitted>
+      <if-permitted user=input.user author=input.chapter.author permission="chapter.remove">
+        <a on-click("open", "remove") >Remove</a>
+      </if-permitted>
     </div>
     <chapter-meta kind="title" value=input.chapter.title />
     <chapter-meta kind="date" value=input.chapter.fictionalDate />
diff --git a/marko/page/story-content/components/page/index.marko b/marko/page/story-content/components/page/index.marko
index f3c5b09..c8df84b 100644
--- a/marko/page/story-content/components/page/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/story-content/components/page/index.marko
@@ -3,17 +3,23 @@
   <div class="story-content">
     <div class="header">
       <h1 class="color-primary">${state.story.name}</h1>
-      <a on-click("open", "story.edit") class="color-menu">Edit</a>
-      <a on-click("open", "story.remove") class="color-menu">Remove</a>
+      <if(!state.removed)>
+        <if-permitted user=input.user author=state.story.author permission="story.edit">
+          <a on-click("open", "story.edit") class="color-menu">Edit</a>
+        </if-permitted>
+        <if-permitted user=input.user author=state.story.author permission="story.remove">
+        <a on-click("open", "story.remove") class="color-menu">Remove</a>
+        </if-permitted>
+      </if>
     </div>
-    <story-tags tags=state.story.tags on-select("open", "story.tags")/>
+    <story-tags tags=state.story.tags author=state.story.author user=(!state.removed ? input.user : null) on-select("open", "story.tags")/>
     <annotation if(state.removed) level="error">
       <p>
         This story has been removed. Your browser has not refreshed the page yet, 
         so you can still read it (or back it up) before leaving the page.
       </p>
     </annotation>
-    <chapter for(chapter in state.story.chapters) key=chapter.id chapter=chapter on-edit("updateChapter", chapter.id) on-remove("removeChapter", chapter.id)/>
+    <chapter for(chapter in state.story.chapters) key=chapter.id chapter=chapter user=(!state.removed ? input.user : null) on-edit("updateChapter", chapter.id) on-remove("removeChapter", chapter.id)/>
   </div>
 
   <create-chapter-modal storyId=state.story.id enabled=(state.modal === "chapter.add") chapter=input.chapter on-close("close") on-add("addChapter") />
diff --git a/marko/page/story-content/components/story-content-menu/index.marko b/marko/page/story-content/components/story-content-menu/index.marko
index 1bb1fdc..9761aab 100644
--- a/marko/page/story-content/components/story-content-menu/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/story-content/components/story-content-menu/index.marko
@@ -3,5 +3,14 @@
   <for(chapter in input.story.chapters | status-var=loop)>
     <menu-link key=chapter.id on-click("select", "chapter", chapter.id) href=("#" + chapter.id) selected=(state.selectedChapter === chapter.id) icon=(loop.getIndex()+1)>${component.chapterTitle(chapter)}</menu-link>
   </for>
-  <menu-link dark key="_create" on-click("select", "add", null) icon="+">Add Chapter</menu-link>
+  <if(input.story.open)>
+    <if-permitted user=input.user permission=["member", "story.edit"]>
+      <menu-link dark key="_create" on-click("select", "add", null) icon="+">Add Chapter (Open)</menu-link>
+    </if-permitted>
+  </if>
+  <else>
+    <if-permitted user=input.user author=input.story.author permission="story.edit">
+      <menu-link dark key="_create" on-click("select", "add", null) icon="+">Add Chapter</menu-link>
+    </if-permitted>
+  </else>
 </menu>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/marko/page/story-content/components/story-tags/index.marko b/marko/page/story-content/components/story-tags/index.marko
index 103701d..3f5956f 100644
--- a/marko/page/story-content/components/story-tags/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/story-content/components/story-tags/index.marko
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <div class="story-tags">
   <a for(tag in input.tags) href=("/story/by-tag/" + tag.kind + "/" + encodeURIComponent(tag.name)) class=["tag", "color-tag-" + tag.kind.toLowerCase()]>${tag.name}</a>
-  <a on-click("select", "edit") class="option color-menu">Edit</a>
+  <if-permitted user=input.user author=input.author permission="story.edit">
+    <a on-click("select", "edit") class="option color-menu">Manage Tags</a>
+  </if-permitted>
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/marko/page/story-content/components/story-tags/style.less b/marko/page/story-content/components/story-tags/style.less
index a38a201..1fd5d60 100644
--- a/marko/page/story-content/components/story-tags/style.less
+++ b/marko/page/story-content/components/story-tags/style.less
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ div.story-tags {
   margin-bottom: 1em;
   margin-top: -1em;
 
+  min-height: 2em;
+
   a.tag {
     display: inline-block;
     margin: 0.5em 0.5ch;
diff --git a/marko/page/story/components/story-menu/index.marko b/marko/page/story/components/story-menu/index.marko
index b015f3e..53810d3 100644
--- a/marko/page/story/components/story-menu/index.marko
+++ b/marko/page/story/components/story-menu/index.marko
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
   </if>
   <menu-link for(tag in (input.menuTags||[])) key=(tag.kind+":"+tag.name) selected=(input.selected.tag === tag.kind+":"+tag.name) href=("/story/by-tag/"+tag.kind+"/"+tag.name) textClass=("color-tag-"+tag.kind.toLowerCase()) icon=tag.kind.charAt(0)>${tag.name}</menu-link>
   <menu-gap />
-  <menu-link dark key="_create" on-click("open", "story.add") icon="+">Add Story</menu-link>  
+  <if-permitted user=input.user permission=["member", "story.add"]>
+    <menu-link dark key="_create" on-click("open", "story.add") icon="+">Add Story</menu-link>  
+  </if-permitted>
   <menu-gap />
   <menu-header>Categories</menu-header>
   <menu-link for(category in (input.categories||[])) key=(category.name) selected=(input.selected.category == category.name) href=("/story/by-category/"+category.name) icon=category.name.charAt(0)>${category.name}</menu-link>
diff --git a/middleware/locals.js b/middleware/locals.js
index 188c936..9131f1b 100644
--- a/middleware/locals.js
+++ b/middleware/locals.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const config = require("../config")
+
 module.exports = (req, res, next) => {
   if (res.marko) {
     res.markoAsync = async(template, input) => {
@@ -10,6 +12,10 @@ module.exports = (req, res, next) => {
             locals[key] = await value
           }
         }
+
+        if (locals.user.permissions != null) {
+          locals.user.permissions = await locals.user.permissions
+        }
       } catch(err) {
         if (JSON.stringify(err) === "{}") {
           return next(err)
@@ -26,6 +32,7 @@ module.exports = (req, res, next) => {
     res.locals.user = {
       loggedIn: true,
       name: req.user._json.name,
+      permissions: getPermissions(req.user._json.name),
     }
   } else {
     res.locals.user = {
@@ -34,4 +41,32 @@ module.exports = (req, res, next) => {
   }
 
   next()
+}
+
+function getPermissions(user) {
+  return fetch(config.graphqlEndpoint, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+      "Authorization": `Bearer ${generateToken(user, ["member"])}`,
+    },
+    body: '{"query":"query { token { user { permissions } } }", "variables": {}}',
+    credentials: "include",
+  }).then(res => {
+    return res.json()
+  }).then(json => {
+    return json.data.token.user.permissions
+  }).catch(err => {
+    console.error(err)
+    return []
+  })
+}
+
+const jwt = require("jsonwebtoken")
+/**
+ * @param {string} user 
+ * @param {string[]} permissions 
+ */
+function generateToken(user, permissions) {
+  return jwt.sign({user, permissions, exp: Math.floor((Date.now() / 1000) + 1200)}, config.backend.secret, {header: {kid: config.backend.kid}})
 }
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