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==== Playing the NPCs ==== | ==== Playing the NPCs ==== | ||
- | As DM, it's your job to play all the non-player characters, or NPCs, in your game. This includes everything from random people that offer a bit of dialogue to the set of villains and even non-sentient challenges like traps and bad weather. | + | As DM, it's your job to play all the non-player characters, or NPCs, in your game. This includes everything from random people that offer a bit of dialogue to the set of villains and even non-sentient hazards like traps and bad weather. |
- | Side characters that don't get involved in scenarios, such as townsfolk, barkeeps, and travelers that the players have friendly dialogue with, are yours to roleplay as you see fit. You can use them to provide clues, develop a background for your world, and help tell the story of the adventure. If you're not really into roleplaying, you can largely skip this if you wish. | + | Side characters that don't get involved in scenarios, such as townsfolk, barkeeps, and travelers that the players have friendly dialogue with, are yours to roleplay as you see fit. You can use them to provide clues, develop a background for your world, and help tell the story of the adventure. If you're not really into roleplaying, you can largely skip this if you wish. |
- | For the remainder of the NPCs with whom the players have antagonistic interactions, you'll play them using representative cards. See the chapter on [[DM's Guide Chapter 3|running scenarios]] for more information. | + | For the remainder of the NPCs with whom the players have antagonistic interactions, you'll play them using representative cards. See the chapter on [[DM's Guide Chapter 3|running scenarios]] for more information. |
==== Rules Judgments ==== | ==== Rules Judgments ==== | ||
- | The DM is the referee making final judgment calls regarding how the rules should work at the table. While most rules are quite straightforward with little need for interpretation, invariably your players will ask to do things that aren't precisely covered by the rules. In this case, it's your job to determine how those actions should interact within the game. | + | The DM is the referee making final judgment calls regarding how the rules should work at the table. While most rules are quite straightforward with little need for interpretation, inevitably your players will ask to do things that aren't precisely covered by the rules. In this case, it's your job to determine how those actions should interact within the game. |
Because the whole point of playing the game is to have fun, you should take a general approach of allowing player actions that are outside the rules so long as those actions don't impede on the fun of other players at the table. If there are no mechanical consequences to an action (such as within a scenario, or having implications on [[karma|Karma]] or Wealth) it's probably best to just go along with it. | Because the whole point of playing the game is to have fun, you should take a general approach of allowing player actions that are outside the rules so long as those actions don't impede on the fun of other players at the table. If there are no mechanical consequences to an action (such as within a scenario, or having implications on [[karma|Karma]] or Wealth) it's probably best to just go along with it. |