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| Aravine |
Posted - 26 Nov 2007 : 13:16:58
in my campaign, the characters met El. the question is how do you run character/NPC meetings? |
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| Ergdusch |
Posted - 28 Nov 2007 : 10:53:18
I just started reading Cron of Fire and it has a very nice passage about how Elminster thinks about getting involved too much in ongoing events. That really nailed it down for me! If I find the time tonight I will post it here for everyone to read. |
| GRYPHON |
Posted - 28 Nov 2007 : 06:08:14
Once in a great while my players interact with 'celebrity' NPC's...although they never get them out of trouble. They are basically there for a source of information if desperately needed... |
| Kuje |
Posted - 27 Nov 2007 : 16:31:57
quote:
Originally posted by Jorkens
"celebrity" NPC's are treated as every other NPC. If it is logical that they will interact with the PCs then they will. And the players will (ideally) treat them as they would any other character.
That's how I've always run it and I've used Khelben, El, Storm, Laeral, and others more then once. The interaction with the PC's was the same as it would be towards any NPC. |
| Matthus |
Posted - 27 Nov 2007 : 13:26:54
quote:
Originally posted by Aravine
Dare I ask how they are punished?
Well actually it never happened in my campaign, cause I think I was clear in this regard beforehand …
But when I was dm’ing in a convention, a player was pestering me with demands of showing “great magic”. I used a telekinesis spell to get his magic sword and “burned” it in really terrific spell as component (I don’t remember exactly, but I think I made an illusion sword-storm hacking a straw-dummy, something like this). It was a ruse, but I didn’t let the player know this until after some fights without his sword. 
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| Aravine |
Posted - 26 Nov 2007 : 17:19:08
quote:
Originally posted by Matthus
My players are allowed to ask questions about anything they could know in-play.
Anything else is banned, ignored, punished  .
In general I like to introduce messengers, not the big EL himself – and the last one even got himself crowned.
Dare I ask how they are punished? |
| Jorkens |
Posted - 26 Nov 2007 : 17:17:51
"celebrity" NPC's are treated as every other NPC. If it is logical that they will interact with the PCs then they will. And the players will (ideally) treat them as they would any other character. |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 26 Nov 2007 : 15:57:05
Yeah, I'm with the last two--meeting a major NPC could be a lot of fun, but be careful about using them extensively. Of course, it's a matter of taste as well--maybe your players aren't the type to have knee-jerk reactions to big NPCs getting involved out of fear that said NPCs are "stealing the spotlight" from their PCs.
Of course, you don't want to put the PCs in the position of spectators, either (ie. they are just watching NPCs make all the decisions). That goes for pretty much any NPC character though, not just characters like Elminster. If the DM has their pet NPC show up to "one-up" the PCs, it doesn't matter if said character is famous or super-powerful--it's still annoying. |
| Matthus |
Posted - 26 Nov 2007 : 13:54:11
My players are allowed to ask questions about anything they could know in-play.
Anything else is banned, ignored, punished .
In general I like to introduce messengers, not the big EL himself – and the last one even got himself crowned.
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| Ergdusch |
Posted - 26 Nov 2007 : 13:22:08
I usually introduce VIPs of the setting either as a side note or if they actually meet them they try to convince the players to take specific actions being the motivating person. Howeer, tehy neversave them from peril themselves. If the plyers are not able to solve hte quest on their own, so be it. No magical apperances of the omnipotentgray bearded Mage in my games, ever! |
