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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 2113803" data-attributes="member: 232">His name was Jacob.  He was a half elf, raised by his half sister.  His parents were killed defending angainst an invasion by another country.  He was a woodsman by trade, but really just a kid.  He was 15 when the players first meet him.  He guided them along hunting trails and was able to be a great ally in the woods that he knew.  He looked up to the characters and wanted to be like them.  His sister Karen really did not approve of the adventures or the effect they had on her brother.  She understood that adventureing was a dangerious job, but Jacob didn';t see that.  And as you can guess it ends badly.  They let Jacob come along with them on adventures and they never thought anything bad would happen to him either.  But they encounteresd a Dragon and Jacob died.  It is the only time I have had players get tears at the gaming table.  Jacob was an innocnet boy who looked up for them for years in the campaign and out of the campaign.  He was a major NPC and a friend they had.  And when they had to go back to Karen and explain how her brother had died there was not a dry eye in the house.  I never meant for him to be a tragic hero or even as big an NPC as he was.  But the players took to him, and agreed to let him come.  THe dice fell where they fell.  I've had plenty of other fun and interesting NPCs in my games by Jacob will always be the one I remember the most.</blockquote>

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