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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 3450495" data-attributes="member: 4937">Did I say anything about one year of gaming? Four to eight hours, with the average being probably nearer the low end.The point is, I wouldn't really know until it happened, would I?&nbsp; I never found spending a sentence or two on 50 or so NPCs in the vacinity of the action to be wasted effort.&nbsp; It's gives life to the setting, a bit of forethought in NPC design can create alot of player interest, and it avoids 'empty room' syndrome where the player can tell from the metagame that this is just a 'nameless NPC' and can be ignored/killed.&nbsp; This is important for several reasons, for example, if you don't occassionally pull a 'Scobby Doo' and have the villain be the janitor in scene 5, you are never going to get away with having the villain be one of the central NPCs in disguise with experienced players.I don't think I said anything about working out more than the basics.... of course, what are the basics might be something we'd quibble over.I think you make a good point here.&nbsp; Just because we have a more detailed system now doesn't mean we have to use it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 3450495, member: 4937"] Did I say anything about one year of gaming? Four to eight hours, with the average being probably nearer the low end. The point is, I wouldn't really know until it happened, would I? I never found spending a sentence or two on 50 or so NPCs in the vacinity of the action to be wasted effort. It's gives life to the setting, a bit of forethought in NPC design can create alot of player interest, and it avoids 'empty room' syndrome where the player can tell from the metagame that this is just a 'nameless NPC' and can be ignored/killed. This is important for several reasons, for example, if you don't occassionally pull a 'Scobby Doo' and have the villain be the janitor in scene 5, you are never going to get away with having the villain be one of the central NPCs in disguise with experienced players. I don't think I said anything about working out more than the basics.... of course, what are the basics might be something we'd quibble over. I think you make a good point here. Just because we have a more detailed system now doesn't mean we have to use it. [/QUOTE]

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