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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 2411539" data-attributes="member: 1236">I think it's the DMs perogative to use the PCs as NPCs however he/she sees fit. A nice DM would at least ask/tell the players he/she is going to do it, but it's not required.What's funny is that the same player will react differently depending on what happens.Situation A) The NPC does something really cool and the player likes it. "That was awesome! That's exactly what my character would do." This statement about doing exactly what the character would do may or may not be true. Usually, if the character does something "cool," the player doesn't care if it's "in character" but will try to justify it.Situation B) The same NPC does something rat-bastardly to the PCs. "Hey! My character would never do that!" Again, this may or may not be true. Is the player upset because the character truly would not do that or because they just got screwed over.If I was the DM and wanted to do this, I would talk to the players and tell them that I may not do with their characters exactly what the players think they should do. I would do this to, hopefully, not have situation B occur.</blockquote>