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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 1660749" data-attributes="member: 386">I disagree with the previous posts.  I think it's great that the player handed out a list of NPCs.  Now anything that you do with those NPCs the player will see as being part of his story and not just the DM's.  That being said, I think it's up to the player to do a lot of work with these NPCs and how they relate to each other (or at least what the PC knows about them).  As DM you take the material he gave you and manipulate it however you wish.  I think that all this material is probably going to hinder the character, if anything (in a good way).  He's suddenly defined all these responsibilities that he has for NPCs, and that's great fodder for plot hooks.  And if he does try to squeeze out some benefit from these NPCs that you don't feel is right, have it come back and bite him in the ass.  ("Sure, I will give you a loan, but you will owe me a favour...")When you play the game remember to do what ensemble cast TV or movies do.  Don't just let one character take all the screen time.  Cut back and forth between characters.</blockquote>