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<blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 3382978" data-attributes="member: 36150">I suppose it's possible, but you have to consider... exactly what are you balancing your PC against?&nbsp; Since there are no other PC's, you don't have to worry that Jim's playing an ECL +3 race and Sam's playing a regular race, for example.When I DM solo games, I usually round out the one character with a retinue of 2-4 NPC's roughly equal to the PC (either equal in level or up to 2 levels lower than the PC).&nbsp; I can treat the same NPCs as spear-carriers (for &quot;bulk&quot; bodyguards, for example) or as an actual adventuring party (complete with full stats, in-game speech, backstory, and plot considerations).Personally, I've DM'd and participated mostly in solo campaigns for over a decade, and I find them very rich and entertaining.&nbsp; Believe it or not, I ran through The Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil as a solo player (I played two PCs with a retinue of 3 NPCs of the latter type in my above example) and had time to learn about and prepare for an upcoming war (as part of the DM's hombrew game) in between the stale parts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Herobizkit, post: 3382978, member: 36150"] I suppose it's possible, but you have to consider... exactly what are you balancing your PC against? Since there are no other PC's, you don't have to worry that Jim's playing an ECL +3 race and Sam's playing a regular race, for example. When I DM solo games, I usually round out the one character with a retinue of 2-4 NPC's roughly equal to the PC (either equal in level or up to 2 levels lower than the PC). I can treat the same NPCs as spear-carriers (for "bulk" bodyguards, for example) or as an actual adventuring party (complete with full stats, in-game speech, backstory, and plot considerations). Personally, I've DM'd and participated mostly in solo campaigns for over a decade, and I find them very rich and entertaining. Believe it or not, I ran through [U]The Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil[/U] as a solo player (I played two PCs with a retinue of 3 NPCs of the latter type in my above example) and had time to learn about and prepare for an upcoming war (as part of the DM's hombrew game) in between the stale parts. [/QUOTE]

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