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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 87876" data-attributes="member: 707">I'm with Kaptain_Kantrip.&nbsp; In the game I play in, our party lacks a cleric...in an undead-heavy campaign.&nbsp; I'm sure you can see the problem. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />&nbsp; So we went to the church of Pelor, and requested some backup.&nbsp; Since then, an NPC cleric has been a semi-regular part of the party, helping us beat back the undead hordes.Likewise in the game I DM, I told the players to &quot;choose whatever class you most want to play.&quot;&nbsp; The result?&nbsp; A bard, a wizard, and a psion/rogue.&nbsp; No cleric again, but even worse...no fighter-type.&nbsp; It was pretty touch-and-go until the party managed to meet up with the NPC monk, and later druid.&nbsp; Even now, though, I'm thinking the druid will probably leave, and the party will get the chance to meet up with a pure fighter.&nbsp; They still need more muscle.Adding NPCs is fun for the players, but it also gives the DM a ton of options.&nbsp; I personally tend to favor role-playing over combat, and I often use my NPCs to sort of &quot;lead by example&quot; and create the tone I want in my campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 87876, member: 707"] I'm with Kaptain_Kantrip. In the game I play in, our party lacks a cleric...in an undead-heavy campaign. I'm sure you can see the problem. :p So we went to the church of Pelor, and requested some backup. Since then, an NPC cleric has been a semi-regular part of the party, helping us beat back the undead hordes. Likewise in the game I DM, I told the players to "choose whatever class you most want to play." The result? A bard, a wizard, and a psion/rogue. No cleric again, but even worse...no fighter-type. It was pretty touch-and-go until the party managed to meet up with the NPC monk, and later druid. Even now, though, I'm thinking the druid will probably leave, and the party will get the chance to meet up with a pure fighter. They still need more muscle. Adding NPCs is fun for the players, but it also gives the DM a ton of options. I personally tend to favor role-playing over combat, and I often use my NPCs to sort of "lead by example" and create the tone I want in my campaign. [/QUOTE]

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