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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 2090043" data-attributes="member: 1465">Am I the only one who doesn't get the difference between a NPC and a DMPC? And by the way, this is the first time I ever heard the name "DMPC".Whatever is played by the DM, to me is always the same, classic NPC. It can be friendly and help the group instead of being an adversary, there has never been a problem with that. It can be designed by the DM to match the party, that's not bad and probably that would be the same if the players were to choose it. It can stay for a long time with the party, or change at every adventure, it can be good and loyal or otherwise untrustworthy.The only issue with DM-played characters is the old one that the DM shouldn't help the players by using his DM knowledge. That applies to any NPC no matter how you call it.I really don't see the point in making a distinction between NPC and "DMPC". The DM knows the story, so in no way he's going to have the same "full fun" as the players, he doesn't have the chance for discovering anything. (Eventually, the DM could have fun with the NPC in combat, if for some reason he's not having fun enough with the monsters)edit: IOW, there is no such thing as a "DM-played PC"... you know PC="PlayerCharacter", NPC="NonPlayerCharacter".</blockquote>