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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaleon Moonshae" data-source="post: 1590142" data-attributes="member: 12147">gamist gameI think what he was getting at was if the game is run more like a boardgame, where your character is just a piece on the board and there is not much attention put into roleplaying, but more of a hack in slash game, but I could be wrong. Also, it isn't insulting to the players, that isn't their job (running tons of characters and trying to put life into them) and also, for most dms, npcs are not fleshed out *nearly*  as indepth as the pc characters are. It is much easier for a DM to run 23 npcs than it is for most players to run 2 characters, by and large. That is not meant to be insulting as I am on both sides of the line and see it from both. I write maybe 40 pages worth of background and story for my player characters, while I only write maybe 1 to 2 pages for my most indepth NPCs. Also, when a DM runs an NPC he is running a secondary character that does not interact as often as the PCs do, also making it easier.Now that I have said that, let me also say that I do not agree that all DMs can run multiple npcs any more than I agree that no Player can run multiple PCs. Although, if a player can't run multiple PCs it isn't a failing on the player's part and he can still be a good player, if the DM can't run multiple NPCs then he may need to look for a new job, since that is central to our profession as DMs.just my two cents</blockquote>