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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1882966" data-attributes="member: 1656">I have a lot of cameos when I DM... after a fashion.I tend to envision a lot of my NPCs as 'played by X'... where X might be an actor, or a character from a TV show or movie, or a character from a book...Sometimes the players pick up on it right away.&nbsp; When Argyle the potion merchant answered the door with an unfriendly &quot;Yes, yes, what is it!?&quot;, I didn't need to describe him for the players - they all recognised Basil Fawlty in my voice, and so the mental imagery was all there for them already...When Captain Tallon of the City Watch was 'played by Dirty Harry', it again gave them that instant familiarity to ground their interpretation of the character on.Sometimes they might not have any idea.&nbsp; I suspect none of the players knew that the dry priestess of St Cuthbert they were speaking with was 'played by Judi Dench as M'... but it helps me to keep her in character, and distinct from all the other NPCs...-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 1882966, member: 1656"] I have a lot of cameos when I DM... after a fashion. I tend to envision a lot of my NPCs as 'played by X'... where X might be an actor, or a character from a TV show or movie, or a character from a book... Sometimes the players pick up on it right away. When Argyle the potion merchant answered the door with an unfriendly "Yes, yes, what is it!?", I didn't [i]need[/i] to describe him for the players - they all recognised Basil Fawlty in my voice, and so the mental imagery was all there for them already... When Captain Tallon of the City Watch was 'played by Dirty Harry', it again gave them that instant familiarity to ground their interpretation of the character on. Sometimes they might not have any idea. I suspect none of the players knew that the dry priestess of St Cuthbert they were speaking with was 'played by Judi Dench as M'... but it helps [i]me[/i] to keep her in character, and distinct from all the other NPCs... -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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