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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8775662" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>It wasn't exactly clear, I may have misunderstood. If so, oops. Since it was in response to my post that the players dictating an NPC's motivations I assumed it was example of the players telling the DM what an NPC thought. Given that I've never read the books and only saw the movies under duress*, to me Draco was simply a more complicated NPC and one that eventually realized that what he was doing wasn't a game.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes I like having complicated villains. An example was a nemesis the group had grown up with (the campaign started out as youngsters) was actually a victim of abuse and coercion. She was being groomed to be the BBEG and in my broad outline of actors and future campaign arcs, I assumed she would be one. Over the course of many sessions and interactions the PCs helped her reject what was supposed to be her destiny. Much like Draco.</p><p></p><p>*<em>My wife's a big fan. I thought the movies were ... okay.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8775662, member: 6801845"] It wasn't exactly clear, I may have misunderstood. If so, oops. Since it was in response to my post that the players dictating an NPC's motivations I assumed it was example of the players telling the DM what an NPC thought. Given that I've never read the books and only saw the movies under duress*, to me Draco was simply a more complicated NPC and one that eventually realized that what he was doing wasn't a game. Sometimes I like having complicated villains. An example was a nemesis the group had grown up with (the campaign started out as youngsters) was actually a victim of abuse and coercion. She was being groomed to be the BBEG and in my broad outline of actors and future campaign arcs, I assumed she would be one. Over the course of many sessions and interactions the PCs helped her reject what was supposed to be her destiny. Much like Draco. *[I]My wife's a big fan. I thought the movies were ... okay.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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