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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8238671" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>This isn't what I am saying. Living world isn't about what I want the world to feel like, it is about how I, as the GM, ought to treat the world. The whole point of the NPC as alive, isn't really about convincing the players they are real (though hopefully they are lifelike---which I think is common in any kind of campaign) it is just to emphasize that I am treating this NPC as someone who has a life, goals, is always doing something even when they are 'offscreen' (and I am thinking about what they are doing). Now obviously you can't do that for every single NPC all the time (unless you are some kind of genius who can track that many different characters in his or her head at the same moment) but you can do it for important characters (like was suggested it the Feast of Goblyns &quot;wandering major encounter&quot; description). And you can put other living NPCs on the backburner by&nbsp; placing them on tables to ensure they come up from time to time (you can also go over NPCs between sessions to figure out who is doing what). How extensive one gets with this, is personal. Some GMs might only do it for a handful of NPCs, some might regularly comb through all of them (I usually focus on a handful, use tables to bring others up periodically, and do occasional check ins with my roster of NPCs between sessions---but this is pretty casual).</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8238671, member: 85555"] This isn't what I am saying. Living world isn't about what I want the world to feel like, it is about how I, as the GM, ought to treat the world. The whole point of the NPC as alive, isn't really about convincing the players they are real (though hopefully they are lifelike---which I think is common in any kind of campaign) it is just to emphasize that I am treating this NPC as someone who has a life, goals, is always doing something even when they are 'offscreen' (and I am thinking about what they are doing). Now obviously you can't do that for every single NPC all the time (unless you are some kind of genius who can track that many different characters in his or her head at the same moment) but you can do it for important characters (like was suggested it the Feast of Goblyns "wandering major encounter" description). And you can put other living NPCs on the backburner by placing them on tables to ensure they come up from time to time (you can also go over NPCs between sessions to figure out who is doing what). How extensive one gets with this, is personal. Some GMs might only do it for a handful of NPCs, some might regularly comb through all of them (I usually focus on a handful, use tables to bring others up periodically, and do occasional check ins with my roster of NPCs between sessions---but this is pretty casual). [/QUOTE]

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