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Message: <blockquote data-quote="demiurge1138" data-source="post: 2080403" data-attributes="member: 7451">Yeah, I admit to having a DMPC in my group for a while. His name was Klattu, and he was their wizard and source of information. They didn't really rely on him so much as appreciate his assistance, and I only modified the treasure to help him once... just before he retired from the party with his new wizard's tower to do research on the rituals to ascend into godhood (they were low epic level at the time). Oddly enough, the players really liked Klattu, and called on his aid on their own volition a few times throughout the rest of the game.But yes, normally I do hate DMPCs, because of a pick-up, DM-can't-make-it-so-why-don't-you-DM game. Worst game I've ever played in my life. The guy who gave us our quest was a Mary Sue from Hell. He handed out artifact-level items like candy (the aforementioned Klattu, then my actual PC, got a +6 vorpal throwing mercurial scythe. Remember, he's a wizard). He killed PCs who irritated him, or asked too many questions. His fortress was so magical that the poor sorcerer that cast detect magic exploded. Then, he told us of the great battle that was coming, whisked us away in a prismatic coach to a battlefield overrun with ten thousand myconids, then after we had taken our turns, killed them all, with the help of a belt of at will time stop.We went from level 6 to level 13 in that one "battle". It took the real DM weeks to undo the damages the stand-in had caused, and the game crumbled shortly thereafter.Demiurge out.</blockquote>

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