NPC

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NPC is an abbreviation of the term non-player character. An NPC is usually part of the administration of the game, there to provide direction and guidance to players. They have less autonomy than player characters and generally take instruction from referees or game organisers.

Functions of NPCs

NPCs have a variety of functions, to support any aspect of the game from narrative to catering. NPCs may act as an information point providing support to the player party in order to feed in diegetic information, as a villain to oppose the players, or as a provocative agent to advance the game narrative.