I can see how it happens. EG, it can seem exciting to have great heroes (like Drizzt) be in a campaign, but as you point out they can overshadow the PCs. It's great to have really powerful NPCs, but the dynamics need to keep the weight on the PCs. Good stuff.
Cool take. I call my NPCs, Referee or RPCs and never cared for the non-term but I agree that GMs need to be careful not to overshadow their players. Great advice.
Personalty is fine, the two aspects that are problematic are agency and competence. If you have a very driven NPC that the group wants to follow, then see to it that they are incompetent and need the player characters to do the things. The other way around is also fine, with a highly competent (best if only in a very narrow field) but no drive on their own, and thus they follow the player characters and provide aid, like for example an healer NPC could be used if the group would need that role. If the NPC does both, then the player characters become irrelevant an the NPC can hog the spotlight.
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I can see how it happens. EG, it can seem exciting to have great heroes (like Drizzt) be in a campaign, but as you point out they can overshadow the PCs. It's great to have really powerful NPCs, but the dynamics need to keep the weight on the PCs. Good stuff.
Always appreciate your comments!
Cool take. I call my NPCs, Referee or RPCs and never cared for the non-term but I agree that GMs need to be careful not to overshadow their players. Great advice.
I like your RPC term. Going to steal that! Thanks for your comment.
That's I call them in my game system so feel free@@Tablerunner
When the NPC is driving the action, you went too far with it.
Absolutely Max. At that point the game is in full railroad mode.
Personalty is fine, the two aspects that are problematic are agency and competence. If you have a very driven NPC that the group wants to follow, then see to it that they are incompetent and need the player characters to do the things. The other way around is also fine, with a highly competent (best if only in a very narrow field) but no drive on their own, and thus they follow the player characters and provide aid, like for example an healer NPC could be used if the group would need that role. If the NPC does both, then the player characters become irrelevant an the NPC can hog the spotlight.
Agreed. An exceptional NPC who has both competence and ambition is best used as a villain.