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<blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 899329" data-attributes="member: 8704">Ok so the 45th level half Demon elf is doling out wisdom and saving the party? Why isn't he trying to kill the party and take over the world? Oh wait he's the DMs super PC that he uses to stroke his own ego. That is a perfect example of of a petNPC. He shows all the signs:He's 45th level for goodness sake, that's just silly, I'm willing to bet the players are relatively low level (you know under epic level by this standard). The character is so powerful he doesn't&nbsp; have to worry about getting hurt or the party turning on him.He's a &quot;cool&quot; character; part Demon super warrior who is working for the good guys (gee the character who has turned against his evil roots to help good, that sounds familiar).The character is used to guide the players &quot;in times of peril or indicision&quot;...... wait isn't peril part of the fun of the game, and by indicision I am assuming he means &quot;push the story along when the players can't figure out what's going on in his adventure.&quot;Ah but here is the kicker, he shows up at the last minute and doles out wisdom and a meteor storm, boy I bet the players just love it when the DM has his pet appear out of the blue to save them from a encounter the DM designed to be more than they could beat and then preaches to them about what they should of done. Then he just disappears like nothing happens. I wonder if he would show up and save the day if the characters just said to heck with it and went home?Ah it's a campaign mover, I thought a campaign mover was something that advanced the storyline not solved the storyline and then doles out the DMs &quot;wisdom&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdavis, post: 899329, member: 8704"] Ok so the 45th level half Demon elf is doling out wisdom and saving the party? Why isn't he trying to kill the party and take over the world? Oh wait he's the DMs super PC that he uses to stroke his own ego. That is a perfect example of of a petNPC. He shows all the signs: He's 45th level for goodness sake, that's just silly, I'm willing to bet the players are relatively low level (you know under epic level by this standard). The character is so powerful he doesn't have to worry about getting hurt or the party turning on him. He's a "cool" character; part Demon super warrior who is working for the good guys (gee the character who has turned against his evil roots to help good, that sounds familiar). The character is used to guide the players "in times of peril or indicision"...... wait isn't peril part of the fun of the game, and by indicision I am assuming he means "push the story along when the players can't figure out what's going on in his adventure." Ah but here is the kicker, he shows up at the last minute and doles out wisdom and a meteor storm, boy I bet the players just love it when the DM has his pet appear out of the blue to save them from a encounter the DM designed to be more than they could beat and then preaches to them about what they should of done. Then he just disappears like nothing happens. I wonder if he would show up and save the day if the characters just said to heck with it and went home? Ah it's a campaign mover, I thought a campaign mover was something that advanced the storyline not solved the storyline and then doles out the DMs "wisdom". [/QUOTE]

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