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<blockquote data-quote="jayoungr" data-source="post: 8253826" data-attributes="member: 6702445">So, it's come up again.I've been playing in a monthly campaign for 2 years now, in which I play a halfling rogue, a character I'm very fond of.&nbsp; Only rogue in the party.&nbsp; The DM has had a couple of NPCs that he has used as semi-PCs in certain situations, but they've never been obtrusive.&nbsp; However, they didn't overlap with any of the PCs' classes, and as a side point, what our group badly needs is front-line melee types.So the latest scheduling message from the DM included this casual note at the end:&nbsp; &quot;I've been pondering 'rolling up' a new player character for myself that might visit [the setting] as an NPC. She would be a scrappy teenage human rogue from a noble background based off of Arya Stark. I'm thinking that could provide some fun role play opportunities.&quot;I'm alarmed at the idea of bringing in another rogue based on a super-popular existing character.&nbsp; I don't want to harsh his buzz--I still feel bad about the other guy abandoning his warlock idea, even though he's probably forgotten about it by now.&nbsp; But I don't see how this character would improve the game.&nbsp; But then, I also don't know what he has in mind for this new character.&nbsp; I don't know if he envisions this character as a friend/ally to mine, or a rival.&nbsp; Or how often he plans for this character to show up.&nbsp; And I don't know what to say.&nbsp; Am I right to be concerned?&nbsp; How would you handle this??</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jayoungr, post: 8253826, member: 6702445"] So, it's come up again. I've been playing in a monthly campaign for 2 years now, in which I play a halfling rogue, a character I'm very fond of. Only rogue in the party. The DM has had a couple of NPCs that he has used as semi-PCs in certain situations, but they've never been obtrusive. However, they didn't overlap with any of the PCs' classes, and as a side point, what our group badly needs is front-line melee types. So the latest scheduling message from the DM included this casual note at the end: "I've been pondering 'rolling up' a new player character for myself that might visit [the setting] as an NPC. She would be a scrappy teenage human rogue from a noble background based off of Arya Stark. I'm thinking that could provide some fun role play opportunities." I'm alarmed at the idea of bringing in another rogue based on a super-popular existing character. I don't want to harsh his buzz--I [I]still[/I] feel bad about the other guy abandoning his warlock idea, even though he's probably forgotten about it by now. But I don't see how this character would improve the game. But then, I also don't know what he has in mind for this new character. I don't know if he envisions this character as a friend/ally to mine, or a rival. Or how often he plans for this character to show up. And I don't know what to say. Am I right to be concerned? How would [I]you[/I] handle this?? [/QUOTE]

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