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<blockquote data-quote="AZRogue" data-source="post: 4041928" data-attributes="member: 3963">Well, it's 13 pages so I'll have to do it tomorrow, heh. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />So, you think players and NPCs should follow the same rules? Fair enough, but it seems to me overly complicated and not necessary. If the NPC happens to be with the PCs (read that as: in their realm of influence) then I completely agree, but away from their influence, he's window dressing. He's a piece of the campaign world and the rules aren't really meant to adjudicate what you do with him in that context. The rules should be consistent, and should be applied consistently, but only in regards to the players and their &quot;area of effect&quot; around them. Away from the PCs, the rules aren't needed, only your intention and how you describe the results. There's no danger of hurting YOUR suspension of disbelief since you are the man behind the curtain anyway. And a players suspension of disbelief will only be heightened by seeing the DM handle the world in a way that conforms to their expectations of how a world works, and in the world some weird stuff can happen. At the same time, their confidence in you and your world is increased by your maintaining a consistent ruleset in regards to THEIR interactions with the world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AZRogue, post: 4041928, member: 3963"] Well, it's 13 pages so I'll have to do it tomorrow, heh. :) So, you think players and NPCs should follow the same rules? Fair enough, but it seems to me overly complicated and not necessary. If the NPC happens to be with the PCs (read that as: in their realm of influence) then I completely agree, but away from their influence, he's window dressing. He's a piece of the campaign world and the rules aren't really meant to adjudicate what you do with him in that context. The rules should be consistent, and should be applied consistently, but only in regards to the players and their "area of effect" around them. Away from the PCs, the rules aren't needed, only your intention and how you describe the results. There's no danger of hurting YOUR suspension of disbelief since you are the man behind the curtain anyway. And a players suspension of disbelief will only be heightened by seeing the DM handle the world in a way that conforms to their expectations of how a world works, and in the world some weird stuff can happen. At the same time, their confidence in you and your world is increased by your maintaining a consistent ruleset in regards to THEIR interactions with the world. [/QUOTE]

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