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That's very true, but having a big famous character making the odd cameo to
motivate the heroes can provide that sort of emotional investment. It can make
their deeds seem more significant to players - like the knight in Pendragon
who's knighted by Arthur himself.
Letting your heroes meet famous characters who will, say, entrust them with
crucial missions or tasks, or even just praise their deeds is a good way of
setting up:
That said, letting major NPC heroes dominate the action is bad form. By
definition, the player heroes are the most important in the story, so get to
hog the glory. Famous NPCs get to motivate, praise, make speeches, look good
and be mentors (in which case, they should die about halfway through the story
<grin>).
Above all, use them sparingly. If your list of recent NPC appearances in your
Heorlting farmer campaign reads: "Harrek, Argrath, Kallyr, another Argrath, Jar
Eel, Moonson, Batman" then you just may be overdoing it.
Regards,
Bruce
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