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Message: <blockquote data-quote="greymist" data-source="post: 2686822" data-attributes="member: 7113">I'm glad to see that, so far. most voters are willing to give the DM the benefit of the doubt. I have experienced the worst case scenario as a player, when the DM introduced an NPC who was double the level of the PCs, and who "had" to accompany the group on their quest. The game became quite farcical when the NPC would polish off all of the opponents in one or two rounds! What was really silly is that this occured when I was at university, not with a group of 12 year olds! Still, I think that a DM can use an old PC in a game without causing any problems. I have used this myself, when I started DM'g a 1st level game, I used some high PCs from our previous games to act as mentors to the new PCs. All of the players seemed to enjoy seeing their old character. It added a sense of continuity to the world, in my opinion. I don't see much of a difference between using an old PC and using any of the "name" NPCs in a setting like the Forgotten Realms. In other words, if your PCs see Elminster or Khelben Blackstaff existing in the world, how bad is it for them to see an old PC? As long as the DM uses the old PC as an NPC not a DM's PC then all should be fine.</blockquote>