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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 3764005" data-attributes="member: 158">I just read it again, and It didn't say anything about leaving the people unnamed to flesh them out, but it does say it &quot;leaves the details in your hands&quot;, and encourages the DM to &quot;flesh out the world to improve their skills as a DM.&quot;I don't think Gary was as huge on naming each and every NPC in a world as he was on the specific parts that players interacted with on a regular basis. 90% of the time I've ever seen, most players don't care if the guy selling dungeon carts has a name or not, or whether the local guard sergeant has a name, or his preference for strong drink, because the extent of their interaction is &quot;I want to buy this,&quot; or &quot;don't get caught stealing.&quot; However, it is the mark of a good DM to be able to have that name ready when it's needed, and make sure it's recorded for future use. So there's a bit of truth on both sides of &quot;minimalist&quot; versus &quot;completionist.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 3764005, member: 158"] I just read it again, and It didn't say anything about leaving the people unnamed to flesh them out, but it does say it "leaves the details in your hands", and encourages the DM to "flesh out the world to improve their skills as a DM." I don't think Gary was as huge on naming each and every NPC in a world as he was on the specific parts that players interacted with on a regular basis. 90% of the time I've ever seen, most players don't care if the guy selling dungeon carts has a name or not, or whether the local guard sergeant has a name, or his preference for strong drink, because the extent of their interaction is "I want to buy this," or "don't get caught stealing." However, it is the mark of a good DM to be able to have that name ready when it's needed, and make sure it's recorded for future use. So there's a bit of truth on both sides of "minimalist" versus "completionist." [/QUOTE]

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