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<blockquote data-quote="ccs" data-source="post: 6755934" data-attributes="member: 6803664">You keep saying that as if it were a universal answer.&nbsp; It's not.1) As the DM it's not my job to shore up weaknesses that the players have willingly chosen.&nbsp; 2) DO I feel like playing (another) NPC?&nbsp; 3) I haven't met that many players over the years actually able to run two + separate characters.&nbsp; Usually how it goes is that they concentrate on one &amp; the other becomes nothing more than a list of stats/equipment.That's OK in a mass battle scene where nameless red shirts are involved.&nbsp; But not so well when it's a specialist on long-term assignment....&nbsp; So if I were to give control of a NPC cleric/healer to most players I might as well have just given them a walking CLW wand as they won't invest any effort into the RP part.&nbsp; This will not add anything to the story.3) So it then comes back to &quot;Do I feel like playing another NPC&quot;?&nbsp; And since in this case the whole reason for the NPC'S existance is to shore up a party weakness the players have intentionally chosen?&nbsp; That answer is NO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ccs, post: 6755934, member: 6803664"] You keep saying that as if it were a universal answer. It's not. 1) As the DM it's not my job to shore up weaknesses that the players have willingly chosen. 2) DO I feel like playing (another) NPC? 3) I haven't met that many players over the years actually able to run two + separate characters. Usually how it goes is that they concentrate on one & the other becomes nothing more than a list of stats/equipment. That's OK in a mass battle scene where nameless red shirts are involved. But not so well when it's a specialist on long-term assignment.... So if I were to give control of a NPC cleric/healer to most players I might as well have just given them a walking CLW wand as they won't invest any effort into the RP part. This will not add anything to the story. 3) So it then comes back to "Do I feel like playing another NPC"? And since in this case the whole reason for the NPC'S existance is to shore up a party weakness the players have intentionally chosen? That answer is NO. [/QUOTE]

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