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How Do You Feel About NPC Party Members (A Poll)
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Silverbane" data-source="post: 8163221" data-attributes="member: 38016"><p>I have, at times, used NPCs pretty heavily, either at the other players' request, or to fill a role in a small group.</p><p></p><p>In one capmaign in particular, I used an NPC rogue in a group that had only three player characters. The rogue would go off ahead of the party, and either come back and tell them what was coming up, or would get caught and need to be rescued. I used a simple d6 to determine how successful the rogue was in his scouting. One a 1, he was caught. On a 2, he was spotted and fled back to the party, of a 3 through 5 he returned with useful, if not perfect information. On a 6 he returned with information good enough to give the players a small advantage. The players seemed to really enjoy this set up.</p><p></p><p>I've used NPCs adventurers both well and poorly. I've seen NPC adventurers sued both well and poorly by other DMs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Silverbane, post: 8163221, member: 38016"] I have, at times, used NPCs pretty heavily, either at the other players' request, or to fill a role in a small group. In one capmaign in particular, I used an NPC rogue in a group that had only three player characters. The rogue would go off ahead of the party, and either come back and tell them what was coming up, or would get caught and need to be rescued. I used a simple d6 to determine how successful the rogue was in his scouting. One a 1, he was caught. On a 2, he was spotted and fled back to the party, of a 3 through 5 he returned with useful, if not perfect information. On a 6 he returned with information good enough to give the players a small advantage. The players seemed to really enjoy this set up. I've used NPCs adventurers both well and poorly. I've seen NPC adventurers sued both well and poorly by other DMs. [/QUOTE]
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