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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stoat" data-source="post: 5003878" data-attributes="member: 16786">For any of the other reasons put forth above?I think it depends on the specifics: Who are the PC's?  Who is the NPC?  What is the nature of the threat?A) The NPC has other obligations, and the PC's seem capable of handling the threat themselves.B) The BBEG has neutralized the NPC in some manner (capture, blackmail, geas, etc.)C) The threat must be addressed on multiple fronts.  The NPC sends the PC's east to Mordor while he goes south to Orthanc.D) The PC's are chosen or fated to handle the threat, and the NPC refuses to intervene.E) The NPC will be happy to help.  Give him the powerful artifact you recovered from the Tomb of Doom, and he'll lead the way!F) The NPC needs to stay behind and hold down the fort while the PC's take the offensive.G) The PC's are already on the scene, and the NPC can't get there in time to deal with the threat.But generally, I agree.  If the NPC is far more powerful than the PC's and the threat is sufficiently serious, then it makes no sense for the NPC to sit on his hands and do nothing.  Elminster has no excuse for not trying to stop the Savage Tide.</blockquote>