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<blockquote data-quote="Oghma" data-source="post: 897503" data-attributes="member: 71">Oooohhh, man, did I ever have a DM with pet NPC's.&nbsp; A whole party of 'em.&nbsp; The DM would choose which of them would play with us and we would get stuck with them, despite our wrangling.Some memorable moments:The DM had designed an adventure to reunite his NPC's on a certain island, despite the fact that a player had an intense dislike of being dependent on someone else (in this case, the ship captain).&nbsp; After a evening's worth of &quot;I'm not getting on that ship!&quot; and having party members foil two attempts by the NPCs to knock said player on the head and trundle him onto the boat, finally the DM had another of his NPC's teleport the player to the island.&nbsp; (Why didn't he just do that for all of us? Sheesh!)Due to an interpretation of movement by the DM, my elf on a light warhorse moved 24' in a round (this is in 1e).&nbsp; Later that round, the NPC dwarf raced past the mounted elf (moving 60'!), wereupon I announced my intention to leap off the pokey horse and ride the dwarf into combat.One of the players and I had finally had enough of the NPC parade, and conspired to resist any attempt to get the NPC's in our party.&nbsp; The following dialogue ensued:DM: You will need to take the ranger and the dwarf with you.Player 1:&nbsp; We don't want to bring them along. DM: The adventure is designed for a larger party, you may need help.Player 2: We don't want the help.DM: Your characters may die!Player1: Adventuring is a risky business, we'll take that risk.Player2: In fact, we leave now, before the dwarf and ranger can find us.DM(secretly rolling): OK.Later in the adventure, we discover that the ranger has been tracking us &quot;for our safety&quot;.&nbsp; We proceed to make it difficult and unpalateable to be followed, walking through marshes and leaving behind nasty surprises...We had more fun dodging the NPC's and making fun of the DM in that campaign...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oghma, post: 897503, member: 71"] Oooohhh, man, did I ever have a DM with pet NPC's. A whole party of 'em. The DM would choose which of them would play with us and we would get stuck with them, despite our wrangling. Some memorable moments: The DM had designed an adventure to reunite his NPC's on a certain island, despite the fact that a player had an intense dislike of being dependent on someone else (in this case, the ship captain). After a evening's worth of "I'm not getting on that ship!" and having party members foil two attempts by the NPCs to knock said player on the head and trundle him onto the boat, finally the DM had another of his NPC's teleport the player to the island. (Why didn't he just do that for all of us? Sheesh!) Due to an interpretation of movement by the DM, my elf on a light warhorse moved 24' in a round (this is in 1e). Later that round, the NPC dwarf raced past the mounted elf (moving 60'!), wereupon I announced my intention to leap off the pokey horse and ride the dwarf into combat. One of the players and I had finally had enough of the NPC parade, and conspired to resist any attempt to get the NPC's in our party. The following dialogue ensued: DM: You will need to take the ranger and the dwarf with you. Player 1: We don't want to bring them along. DM: The adventure is designed for a larger party, you may need help. Player 2: We don't want the help. DM: Your characters may die! Player1: Adventuring is a risky business, we'll take that risk. Player2: In fact, we leave now, before the dwarf and ranger can find us. DM(secretly rolling): OK. Later in the adventure, we discover that the ranger has been tracking us "for our safety". We proceed to make it difficult and unpalateable to be followed, walking through marshes and leaving behind nasty surprises... We had more fun dodging the NPC's and making fun of the DM in that campaign... [/QUOTE]

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