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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 4738989" data-attributes="member: 40359">Yes under limited circumstances.In my regular groups of 4-6 players, we wouldn't even consider it. It's already at a nice balance, and doubling the number of PCs would just drag things out, and like others have said, it's much easier to get into the role-playing when you only have 1 PC. Also, we have DMPC's because we often take turns DMing. Naturally, it's much easier to get into character when I'm not DMing, both because there's less to focus on, but also I always worry about role-playing in character as a DM can easily slide into having conversations with myself while everyone just watches. However, right after my 2nd kid was born, my wife and I had to temporarily drop out of our group at the time due to the erratic schedule that a newborn brings. We still wanted to game, so we started up our own campaign. Since it was only the two of us (and I have far more interesting PC ideas than groups to play in), we had multiple PCs each. We've run a couple campaigns like that even though we've been back in regular groups, and it's still a lot of fun. However, with more than 2 or 3 people, I think 1 PC each works best. Not that there's anything wrong with multiple PCs for certain styles of games (and I think would make for a really fun special session where the PCs have to command several others each or something). But for our campaigns, 1 PC each with 4-6 players really does hit a nice sweet spot.</blockquote>

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