More DMs than you might think are frustrated novelists.
Meh. Almost every fan of anything in the sci-fi/fantasy genres is a frustrated novelist.
I meant the question a bit more as a diagnostic for the individual.
More DMs than you might think are frustrated novelists.
I suspect that may be overstating it, but have never seen any hard data. But, assuming that's the case, wouldn't they generally answer 'yes' to your question, because it's a creative outlet, rather than because "The world exists for the NPCs?"Meh. Almost every fan of anything in the sci-fi/fantasy genres is a frustrated novelist.
Those are the guys that blow their stack when the players have the temerity to get off the railroad. How dare you mess with my carefully laid plot?! Save or die!!!More DMs than you might think are frustrated novelists.
More DMs than you might think are frustrated novelists.
If you don't have PCs, then they aren't NPCs, they're just Cs.Well, ask yourself this - would you write the world, and the associated stories of how it progresses around and with the NPCs, if you didn't have PCs playing in the world?
Well, ask yourself this - would you write the world, and the associated stories of how it progresses around and with the NPCs, if you didn't have PCs playing in the world?
It's a common confusion, but for the purpose of this topic I think we have to be very clear - PCs don't play in the world, players do.
Well, ask yourself this - would you write the world, and the associated stories of how it progresses around and with the NPCs, if you didn't have PCs playing in the world?