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<blockquote data-quote="Fenes 2" data-source="post: 896747" data-attributes="member: 6166">With the small size of my gaming groups (2-3 players), I often run NPCs that are party members. I take care not to overshadow anyone though - or at least don't overshadow any PC where it counts for the PC.Closest I come to such NPCs is in my Shadowrun campaign, where the group leader is an NPC. But since the players don't have any interest in planning missions, nor do their PCs have any ability to do so, it comes out well - the main focus lies not on completing missions, but on dealing with the trouble the PCs' antics cause. And playing the straight man to the PCs' excesses has some appeal.In a D&amp;D campaign where I started as a player, became co-DM and am now main DM with one other player occasionally running an adventure my PC ended up as a &quot;genie-type&quot; (Sort of a genasi) bound in a bottle, and under the control of another PC (like Dominate Person, but only with verbal orders).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fenes 2, post: 896747, member: 6166"] With the small size of my gaming groups (2-3 players), I often run NPCs that are party members. I take care not to overshadow anyone though - or at least don't overshadow any PC where it counts for the PC. Closest I come to such NPCs is in my Shadowrun campaign, where the group leader is an NPC. But since the players don't have any interest in planning missions, nor do their PCs have any ability to do so, it comes out well - the main focus lies not on completing missions, but on dealing with the trouble the PCs' antics cause. And playing the straight man to the PCs' excesses has some appeal. In a D&D campaign where I started as a player, became co-DM and am now main DM with one other player occasionally running an adventure my PC ended up as a "genie-type" (Sort of a genasi) bound in a bottle, and under the control of another PC (like Dominate Person, but only with verbal orders). [/QUOTE]

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