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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4864297" data-attributes="member: 22779">Really?  Are you honestly going to say that there are DM's out there who do not simply decide who won the Battle of Emredy fields but actually play out, according to the rules of the game, the interactions of NPC's when no PC's are involved?Are there actually people who do this?  I'm sorry, but I do not for a moment believe that there is a single DM IN THE WORLD who scraps his entire adventure because his bad guy failed a saving throw at level six and died, thus meaning he never actually became a lich.Every DM in the world simply designs through fiat.  We all do.  There is not a DM anywhere who actually follows the rules when designing adventures.  There never has been and never will be.Those who pretend to enjoy their world's apart from the PC's should stop doing that before they go blind.  Again, no DM in the world ever designs the way you are talking about.  Not one.This is a total myth that has been brought up to fuel edition fights.  "We must protect those poor DM's who enjoy playing with themselves."  No one does this.  No one follows leveling rules when creating NPC's, they simply slap on X levels onto whatever they need and away they go.  How did the King get to be a 14th level fighter?  Who cares?  He's a king.  He fought in some wars.  He did some training.  Poof, he survived and now he's 14th level.  End of story.The funny thing is so many games HAVE minion rules already.  Savage Worlds, for example, makes everyone a minion other than the PC's and a few important NPC's.  Everyone else drops after one hit.4e just finally caught up with the pack.</blockquote>

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