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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fauchard1520" data-source="post: 7887996" data-attributes="member: 6896326">As a DM, I like to periodically trawl through my backlog of NPCs. That's because a sprawling cast of characters can serve your verisimilitude. When a few months or years of campaign time go by and you’re able to pull out a blast from the past, the world suddenly feels more real. These characters don’t disappear simply because they’ve gone off-screen, but have continued to grow and change while the PCs were away. The effect is actually more powerful when it’s a minor character: a quirky shopkeeper who now owns a franchise or a stray dog, saved by the party back at level 1, who’s since been adopted by a local nobleman. Verisimilitude comes in a lot of different flavors, but I find that minor characters growing, changing, and making return appearances is an easy trick to pull off.What about the rest of you guys? Have you ever seen a throw-away character come back into the campaign months or years later?<a href="https://www.handbookofheroes.com/archives/comic/goldie-lost" target="_blank">Comic for illustrative purposes. </a></blockquote>