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<blockquote data-quote="DM_Matt" data-source="post: 128058" data-attributes="member: 1213">I usually add NPCs, both for roleplaying reasons and for combat reasons.&nbsp; Since I run a PBEM, if a player drops out, the character remains in the game as an NPC until killed or replaced.I usually also have an NPC around, but preferably they should be important to roleplaying.&nbsp; they should be well-developed, quirky, and facilitate role playing form everyone else.&nbsp; They can be around the PCs level, or not, and can usually be taken over as cohorts if an appropriate PC takes leadership.&nbsp; In fact, the one cohort in the party started out as such an NPC.Sometimes, of course, the NPC can be an important part of the plot inand of themselves.&nbsp; A current NPC with the L16 party is a wand-laden 14 year old netherilese human female Wiz3/Rog1&nbsp; that they brought back form a trip back in time (as a Wiz2) quite a long time ago, and who managed to convince them to let her follow them around as long as she strays back behind cover and casts badly-needed artillety spells form her wands.&nbsp; Now, they have just discovered to be Mystra's&nbsp; first attempt at producing Chosen by birth (She also has spellfire), but that in the normal time stream she should have died before reaching adulthood.&nbsp; Now&nbsp; they are trying to level her up as fast as possible while bounty hunters from all over Toril are trying to take her to weild her as a weapon of their own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DM_Matt, post: 128058, member: 1213"] I usually add NPCs, both for roleplaying reasons and for combat reasons. Since I run a PBEM, if a player drops out, the character remains in the game as an NPC until killed or replaced. I usually also have an NPC around, but preferably they should be important to roleplaying. they should be well-developed, quirky, and facilitate role playing form everyone else. They can be around the PCs level, or not, and can usually be taken over as cohorts if an appropriate PC takes leadership. In fact, the one cohort in the party started out as such an NPC. Sometimes, of course, the NPC can be an important part of the plot inand of themselves. A current NPC with the L16 party is a wand-laden 14 year old netherilese human female Wiz3/Rog1 that they brought back form a trip back in time (as a Wiz2) quite a long time ago, and who managed to convince them to let her follow them around as long as she strays back behind cover and casts badly-needed artillety spells form her wands. Now, they have just discovered to be Mystra's first attempt at producing Chosen by birth (She also has spellfire), but that in the normal time stream she should have died before reaching adulthood. Now they are trying to level her up as fast as possible while bounty hunters from all over Toril are trying to take her to weild her as a weapon of their own. [/QUOTE]

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