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<blockquote data-quote="justanobody" data-source="post: 4534072" data-attributes="member: 70778">Always. The world has people in it and every one of them has names.The more important they are the more often they will have a more meaningful name. Bob the farmer you meet only once may end up as bob the butcher in the next town...no relation. So the names of more important people will be different, but like Pokemon, the run of the mills people will be like Officer Joy.I don't know if/how the players keep track of them, but each one have an index card with specific information if they travel, or are written with the town information they are located in for reference back to them.Players must keep their own records and are not privy to DM notes.I have always liked player write-ups for events that have occurred, but request them to be in story form rather than just detailed notes since not all characters get all the same information so it is easy to share with other players what they were present for and what they may want to keep hidden from the other players. Also try to write down relationships with the NPCs. That way you know if the party fighter has a good relationship with this merchant while the rogue has a good one with another so the NPCs themselves can remember these people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="justanobody, post: 4534072, member: 70778"] Always. The world has people in it and every one of them has names. The more important they are the more often they will have a more meaningful name. Bob the farmer you meet only once may end up as bob the butcher in the next town...no relation. So the names of more important people will be different, but like Pokemon, the run of the mills people will be like Officer Joy. I don't know if/how the players keep track of them, but each one have an index card with specific information if they travel, or are written with the town information they are located in for reference back to them. Players must keep their own records and are not privy to DM notes. I have always liked player write-ups for events that have occurred, but request them to be in story form rather than just detailed notes since not all characters get all the same information so it is easy to share with other players what they were present for and what they may want to keep hidden from the other players. Also try to write down relationships with the NPCs. That way you know if the party fighter has a good relationship with this merchant while the rogue has a good one with another so the NPCs themselves can remember these people. [/QUOTE]

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