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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9614282" data-attributes="member: 6684958">This is a big fundamental difference between the two philosophies.Well, feel free to correct this:You see an NPC as just a &quot;random game item&quot;, much like a token in a boardgame, for example.&nbsp; The &quot;random game item&quot; does not need a name or history or really any detail: you can give it some sure, but it is all pure meaningless fluff.&nbsp; The only things that matter are the dice, rules and the player happiness.&nbsp; So when it comes down to &quot;what will the random game item token do&quot;, to you it is just a matter of a roll to follow the rules.&nbsp; You roll, consult the rules as what to do based on the roll, and then do what the rules tell you to do.&nbsp; So, here on the other side, we are doing a reality simulation.&nbsp; An NPC is a full character with a name, history, personality, hopes, dreams and a full write up.&nbsp; Such a DM would know the NPC well enough to role play their character and know what the NPC would think and say and do.&nbsp; The DM here role plays the character AS the character, not as a &quot;pawn on the DMs story that always goes against the players, snicker snicker&quot;.&nbsp; This DM wants a massive simulated game world that makes sense in the game reality.&nbsp; The DM might use some dice and rules some times for somethings, but keeps full control of the simulated game reality always.I'm sure a &quot;cudgel&quot; DM to most.&nbsp; Though, at least 75% of players do it to themselves.&nbsp; I describe a tower floating over a lake of acid and the player just jokes a &quot;whatever dm&quot;.&nbsp; Then a couple minutes later a harpy knocks their character into the lake.....of acid.&nbsp; The player will then whine and complain and cry up until their character dies.And such a player just gets confused when a good player does something like tie their character to the tower with a rope...or even stick themselves to a harpy with glue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9614282, member: 6684958"] This is a big fundamental difference between the two philosophies. Well, feel free to correct this: You see an NPC as just a "random game item", much like a token in a boardgame, for example. The "random game item" does not need a name or history or really any detail: you can give it some sure, but it is all pure meaningless fluff. The only things that matter are the dice, rules and the player happiness. So when it comes down to "what will the random game item token do", to you it is just a matter of a roll to follow the rules. You roll, consult the rules as what to do based on the roll, and then do what the rules tell you to do. So, here on the other side, we are doing a reality simulation. An NPC is a full character with a name, history, personality, hopes, dreams and a full write up. Such a DM would know the NPC well enough to role play their character and know what the NPC would think and say and do. The DM here role plays the character AS the character, not as a "pawn on the DMs story that always goes against the players, snicker snicker". This DM wants a massive simulated game world that makes sense in the game reality. The DM might use some dice and rules some times for somethings, but keeps full control of the simulated game reality always. I'm sure a "cudgel" DM to most. Though, at least 75% of players do it to themselves. I describe a tower floating over a lake of acid and the player just jokes a "whatever dm". Then a couple minutes later a harpy knocks their character into the lake.....of acid. The player will then whine and complain and cry up until their character dies. And such a player just gets confused when a good player does something like tie their character to the tower with a rope...or even stick themselves to a harpy with glue. [/QUOTE]

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