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Grandmaster Greytalker

Joined: Jul 09, 2003
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From: Tennessee, between Ft. Campbell & APSU

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Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:20 pm  
NPCs

Not specifically the Flaneass, so...

I work under the philosophy that the PCs main edge is their nearly limitless cool and courage (mostly, they don't normally check morale or discipline), and slightly better than average stats. I don't give many other freebies, and I always give the NPCs (hostile or friendly) as much of a chance as the players (allowing for the above). I never treat NPCs as "red shirts", unless they really are untrained or stupid.

So in that vein, I found this:

Dealing with NPCs:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WhatMeasureIsAMook

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MookPromotion

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MauveShirt

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MenOfSherwood

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeroOfAnotherStory
Grandmaster Greytalker

Joined: Nov 07, 2004
Posts: 1846
From: Mt. Smolderac

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Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:13 pm  

Don't go into the Backalley often, so I haven't seen this until now, but this all interesting reading. Thanks, James!
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