Talk:NPC

Since this may seem sort of odd (the existence of this page, that is) I will place a non-canon tag on it so new readers will get it. DrizztTheSlayer 21:06, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's fair enough to have pages describing some basic game terms - note that NPC can also refer to non-player characters in normal Pen and Paper play, and is not reserved for CRPGs. Zerak talk 21:14, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for reminding me. It's just that people don't use the term very much in any of the other campaign settings and I've heard it mostly with CRPGs. Thank you again for the tip and I'm sorry I haven't contributed in a week. DrizztTheSlayer 01:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * It looks like we reached a consensus on this, so I have gone ahead and removed the non-canon template. Fw190a8 23:11, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Huh?
"He's not hurt in the game the way the main character is by enemies", what the heck does that even mean? Also, it's not very accurate to say you "cannot play as" these characters, since you can play them 99.9% the same way as you can your player character. With all the other characters who exist pre-made in such a game, you cannot play at all

Anyway, what about the way the term is always used in all the D&D manuals? It makes more sense, too, than this BG-way where "non-player character" means "someone you can play but isn't the protagonist". Ville V. Kokko 23:02, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

And hey, there's no definition given for the term at all. What a mess. Ville V. Kokko 23:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Feel free to edit! Fw190a8 23:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
 * But I'm not sure I know what I'm supposed to make it say. Ville V. Kokko 07:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, tell me if this isn't right. Ville V. Kokko 09:43, 26 March 2007 (UTC)