[net.games.frp] "Bad" GMs, and NPCs

steven@qubix.UUCP (Steven Maurer) (09/19/83)

    I find it very difficult to take people seriously who believe
that the GM of a game should not play NPCs, since NPCs are the heart
of role-playing in role-playing-games.  Though you D&D fanatics might
not realize it, there is more to life than slaughter, gold, and
experience points.  Any sort of realistic FRP play will reflect this.

    In my own campaign, there exists over 100 personality descriptions
of various NPCs the players have met, and may meet again.  In almost
all cases there is little combat associated with this play, since there
ARE laws against murder in many places in my world.  This is what real
role-playing is about, not just making every high level cleric append
"my son" onto everything he says.


Steven Maurer