IMA NPC
I had a revelatory thought today on the way home from work.
That guy who blew by me on his bike was an NPC. He appeared to have no interest in what was going on around him. As I pondered this relatively pointless observation, I stumbled upon another thought. To him, I’m probably an NPC. Then I thought, if I’m and NPC to him, and the majority of people I run into are NPCs to me, then more people think I’m an NPC than there are people I think are PCs. If they are all NOT NPCs, then I’m pretty much guaranteed to be an NPC.
Now, this means I need to either rethink my position and start looking for more PCs to back my status or I need to get some major acceptance of my fate installed. Or, if I can convince myself that this guy really is an NPC, then it all washes up just fine and I’m still a member of an elite, high-level party.
But if not, and I’m an NPC, then I’m thinking most of us who would claim PC-hood are also NPCs. So we need to be prepared to suck it up.
It’s not all bad, of course. In a way that is vaguely similar to the Spare-Star-Trek-Ensign-X, we have short, flashy lives that end in senseless accidents or violence, and rarely of dull, doddering old age. We exist and act at the whim of some GM and his PC partners to be sacrificed, pillaged, extorted, tricked, befriended, resurrected, tanked and made to carry immense SAP gear for miles (tirelessly, I’ll add, which is a benny).
So, PCs of the world, if I am not among you, just you remember, the game isn’t worth playing without the real cast. And we outnumber you a billion to one.
That, my dears, was the absolutely random and absurd comment of the day.
Whats NPC and PC?
Posted by on 05/26 at 03:12 PMThe answer is a long one. Gamer terminology.
Posted by on 05/26 at 03:17 PM
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