<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=283757.msg13973355#msg13973355">Quote from: Blythe on 05-03-2018, 06:33:33</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Hey everyone, I have a question:<br/><br/>If you have anything from your character sheet that would qualify as an NPC (an intelligent Chimera, retinue, dreamers, etc.), how do you envision them coming into play? Do you feel you should be controlling them or that I should? Or some mixture of the two? I don't want to step on toes, but it also will affect how I write for the game &amp; how effective your stuff is for you, since as the GM it's generally my responsibility to write for the world, so I figure it's worth inquiring so we're all on the same page.<br/><br/>(For the record, my current outlook is that you control your NPCs unless they are capable of automatically seeing/detecting/being informed about something that your character cannot or unless the NPCs are making use of their Backgrounds or especially potent abilities. I am likely to write NPC reactions for the former so you aren't spoiled on game stuff your PC shouldn't actually know &amp; the latter to avoid muddying the waters between NPC Backgrounds and PC Backgrounds &amp; to ensure NPCs are used fairly.)<br/><br/>I am very open to input on this point. :)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>G'Day Bly,<br/><br/>For Rick's Retinue, I was mostly going to be writing them, and using them as vehicles for you to feed info and use as plot hooks. I do see occasions where it would make sense for you to write them in specific cases (like you're using one for a plot hook, or there is information that Rick has asked for them to get), but other wise I would be using them for added colour and maybe occasional help with events along the way. Oh, and creating my own 'mischief' for you to piggy back on.<br/><br/>I hope that makes sense.<br/><br/><br/>M13