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<blockquote data-quote="-Warlord-" data-source="post: 2222925" data-attributes="member: 7933">NPC:Sometimes members of the mysterious organisation known as NPC can be found in the dungeon. This organisation consists of two curious branches.First there is the &quot;redshirt&quot; or &quot;burden&quot; branch. This branch consists of members who are obviously far less powerfull than an adventurer, but have been could up in the dungeon anyway. They are most often encountered as captives. Once a member of this branch has been freed by the adventurer, it will often provide the adventurer with some information and ask to join the adventurer's party. Depending on the alignment of the party they will than become either a &quot;burden&quot;, where the adventurers will have to do everything in their power to protect the NPC from harm which will most often end in the death of the NPC anyway, or they become a &quot;redshirt&quot; where they will willingly (or not so willingly) walk in front of the party, thus eliminating the need for 10'poles and the bag of holding full of chickens.The other branch of NPC is called the &quot;plotdevices&quot;. The members of this branch are always far more powerfull than the average adventurer, in fact the average adventurer has no hope in defeating a &quot;plotdevice&quot;member should things come to a brawl. &quot;Plotdevice&quot;members are always very well informed of the BBEG (See page 11232) 's big world threathening plan, and will share this plan in detail with any adventurer they encounter. They than task the adventurer to stop this world threathening plan. &quot;Plotdevice&quot;members are under strict rules from the NPC-organisation not to join an adventuringparty to aid in this task, even though they're far better equipped and prepared to do so. However it is allowed for members to show up when the BBEG has all but beaten the party and defeat the BBEG singlehanded.Vague rumors persist of a third branch of NPC members that operate to give adventurers information, by posing as members of the local adversaries in a dungeon. An orc going &quot;please don't kill me, I can help you!&quot; might be a member of this branch. More study is required on this subject because the average response to this outburst seems to be &quot;die orc die!&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="-Warlord-, post: 2222925, member: 7933"] NPC: Sometimes members of the mysterious organisation known as NPC can be found in the dungeon. This organisation consists of two curious branches. First there is the "redshirt" or "burden" branch. This branch consists of members who are obviously far less powerfull than an adventurer, but have been could up in the dungeon anyway. They are most often encountered as captives. Once a member of this branch has been freed by the adventurer, it will often provide the adventurer with some information and ask to join the adventurer's party. Depending on the alignment of the party they will than become either a "burden", where the adventurers will have to do everything in their power to protect the NPC from harm which will most often end in the death of the NPC anyway, or they become a "redshirt" where they will willingly (or not so willingly) walk in front of the party, thus eliminating the need for 10'poles and the bag of holding full of chickens. The other branch of NPC is called the "plotdevices". The members of this branch are always far more powerfull than the average adventurer, in fact the average adventurer has no hope in defeating a "plotdevice"member should things come to a brawl. "Plotdevice"members are always very well informed of the BBEG (See page 11232) 's big world threathening plan, and will share this plan in detail with any adventurer they encounter. They than task the adventurer to stop this world threathening plan. "Plotdevice"members are under strict rules from the NPC-organisation not to join an adventuringparty to aid in this task, even though they're far better equipped and prepared to do so. However it is allowed for members to show up when the BBEG has all but beaten the party and defeat the BBEG singlehanded. Vague rumors persist of a third branch of NPC members that operate to give adventurers information, by posing as members of the local adversaries in a dungeon. An orc going "please don't kill me, I can help you!" might be a member of this branch. More study is required on this subject because the average response to this outburst seems to be "die orc die!". [/QUOTE]

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