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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8244637" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>It is not just an aesthetic and it isn't just choosing things in the moment. The whole point of a living NPC is to track them as a piece on the board in your head. You are not simply saying &quot;Well Harkon Lukas will show up now because he is untethered to one spot and it is a good time to have him attack the party&quot;; you choose moment to moment what he is doing and why, what he is planning, if he is sending a spy after the party (when that spy would reach them---maybe giving the players a roll to detect said spy; when that spy brings information to Harkon lukas), when and how Lukas can act against the party, or if he pursues another tactic. And true this isn't unique to living world. It can be done in other types of adventures as I said. It is simply more prioritized, taken more seriously and expanded in a living world. I am sorry but that isn't an aesthetic and it isn't me being Ian McKellen in that sketch. I get that is how you want to see me. I get that you dislike me. But your dislike is clouding your evaluation of what I am saying.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8244637, member: 85555"] It is not just an aesthetic and it isn't just choosing things in the moment. The whole point of a living NPC is to track them as a piece on the board in your head. You are not simply saying "Well Harkon Lukas will show up now because he is untethered to one spot and it is a good time to have him attack the party"; you choose moment to moment what he is doing and why, what he is planning, if he is sending a spy after the party (when that spy would reach them---maybe giving the players a roll to detect said spy; when that spy brings information to Harkon lukas), when and how Lukas can act against the party, or if he pursues another tactic. And true this isn't unique to living world. It can be done in other types of adventures as I said. It is simply more prioritized, taken more seriously and expanded in a living world. I am sorry but that isn't an aesthetic and it isn't me being Ian McKellen in that sketch. I get that is how you want to see me. I get that you dislike me. But your dislike is clouding your evaluation of what I am saying. [/QUOTE]

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