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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 3420911" data-attributes="member: 3586"><p>Do you use old PCs from previous campaigns as NPCs in your campaigns, to add that bit of depth to the game?</p><p></p><p>I do. I've now run about six separate campaigns in my version of Greyhawk, and although not every PC returns as an NPC (the campaigns are often in different parts of the world), they do occasionally - adding that spark of life to the campaign.</p><p></p><p>So, those Ex-PCs of mine and my players that have attained fame and fortune? If you ever visit my Greyhawk, you could meet...</p><p></p><p><strong>Brunak vogt Alliphase</strong> - my brother's old PC, one-time King of the Frost Barbarians, now in exile.</p><p></p><p>-- Brunak stopped being played after our version of the Greyhawk Wars debacle. Brunak got crowned king of the barbarians, but when Iuz was recognised as the power impersonating Vatun, Brunak fled. I used him in a later game as a sponsor for the PCs.</p><p></p><p><strong>Meliander Corthan</strong> - my old PC, one-time Court Mage of Ulek, now in planar exile</p><p></p><p>-- Meliander gets referred to more than seen, especially as my current game is in Ulek. (His wife, Caitlin, is now Court Mage). Some PCs did meet him once as I ran one campaign during the time he was adventuring.</p><p></p><p><strong>Alvares Yulos</strong> - another old PC of mine, High Priest of Pelor in Greyhawk, co-owner of the Green Leaf Tavern. (thanks to Greyhawk Ruins. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)</p><p></p><p>-- I used him as the mentor of one of the PCs in the Age of Worms game when they visited Greyhawk, along with the tavern. </p><p></p><p><strong>Savy</strong> - Dave's old PC, now Knight-Champion to Countess Paenaitha of Ulek.</p><p></p><p>-- Given the current campaign is in the Court of Ulek, Savy pops up every so often. It's amusing since Dave has a new PC in that game, and he loves it when Savy is referred to. The best appearance was during a snowball fight...</p><p></p><p><strong>Yahlos</strong> - another PC of my brother's (from the last time he played D&D), high-priest of Xan-Yae in Greyhawk.</p><p></p><p>-- In the second Xan-Yae campaign, I used Yahlos as the sponsor of the PCs as they led the fight against Iuz and Vecna.</p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 3420911, member: 3586"] Do you use old PCs from previous campaigns as NPCs in your campaigns, to add that bit of depth to the game? I do. I've now run about six separate campaigns in my version of Greyhawk, and although not every PC returns as an NPC (the campaigns are often in different parts of the world), they do occasionally - adding that spark of life to the campaign. So, those Ex-PCs of mine and my players that have attained fame and fortune? If you ever visit my Greyhawk, you could meet... [b]Brunak vogt Alliphase[/b] - my brother's old PC, one-time King of the Frost Barbarians, now in exile. -- Brunak stopped being played after our version of the Greyhawk Wars debacle. Brunak got crowned king of the barbarians, but when Iuz was recognised as the power impersonating Vatun, Brunak fled. I used him in a later game as a sponsor for the PCs. [b]Meliander Corthan[/b] - my old PC, one-time Court Mage of Ulek, now in planar exile -- Meliander gets referred to more than seen, especially as my current game is in Ulek. (His wife, Caitlin, is now Court Mage). Some PCs did meet him once as I ran one campaign during the time he was adventuring. [b]Alvares Yulos[/b] - another old PC of mine, High Priest of Pelor in Greyhawk, co-owner of the Green Leaf Tavern. (thanks to Greyhawk Ruins. ;)) -- I used him as the mentor of one of the PCs in the Age of Worms game when they visited Greyhawk, along with the tavern. [b]Savy[/b] - Dave's old PC, now Knight-Champion to Countess Paenaitha of Ulek. -- Given the current campaign is in the Court of Ulek, Savy pops up every so often. It's amusing since Dave has a new PC in that game, and he loves it when Savy is referred to. The best appearance was during a snowball fight... [b]Yahlos[/b] - another PC of my brother's (from the last time he played D&D), high-priest of Xan-Yae in Greyhawk. -- In the second Xan-Yae campaign, I used Yahlos as the sponsor of the PCs as they led the fight against Iuz and Vecna. Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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