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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GobHag" data-source="post: 9495743" data-attributes="member: 7043860">Depends if the character is meant for 'At this part, we'll talk about the morality of killing vampires' while the other is 'At this part, this fucker is gonna die and we'll dance on his ashes'. My own perspective is that subverting the supporting cast's 'purpose' is generally considered bad form, having a PC's wife/son/battle butlet be a secret vampire all along is very much bad form but having them be threatened is usally fine.While I think having those characters be ignored is not ideal, as long as the DM still allows interaction with them. Like, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Edt3tpzXQ&pp=ygUQbmVybyBkbWMgdiBjYWxscw%3D%3D" target="_blank">this scene</a> is how I imagine it'd go. Nero gets put to the ringer throughout DMC V, but never is Kyrie(his practically wife GF) is put to danger. If during quiet moments they get to have some fun bits with their pet or family then everything is all right.Of course if they put 'My dad mysteriously vanished when the Dark Lord appears' then confronting the dad is what they're looking for.There was a reddit post about how backstory element can be like knives, but as time goes on those elements can be something else besides heartwrenching drama.</blockquote>