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'''''You''' may call it that, but it doesn't have any.'' | |||
'' | A '''Character''' is a person in in a story. Sometimes, people in real life get called "characters;" this is not always a positive statement. | ||
Normally, we passively read (or watch, or listen to) an explanation of what they do and what happens to them, but [[role-playing games]] (both the tabletop and video varieties) have the unique feature of allowing a player to determine the actions of one or more characters; we refer to such characters as [[Player Character]]s. | |||
The other characters in the game world, those not under player control, are called [[NPC|Non-player characters]]. | |||
Sometimes, a person or character is described as "having character;" in this sense, character is defined as the qualities that define a person, especially the good qualities -- though to say that a character "has no character" usually means that he or she has no distinguishing qualities whatsoever, good or bad. | |||
Because a player may have more than one PC under his control (in different games, or maybe even in one game), and because a [[DM]] will inevitably have lots of [[NPC]]s running around, players and DMs often use [[Character sheet]]s (or [[stat block]]s, if the character is of minimal importance) to keep track of a character's essential characteristics for ease of recollection. | |||
== See Also == | |||
* [[Player Character]] | |||
* [[NPC|Non-Player Character]] | |||
* [[Character Creation]] | |||
[[Category:Disambiguation]] | |||
[[Category:Roleplaying]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:05, 20 June 2023
You may call it that, but it doesn't have any.
A Character is a person in in a story. Sometimes, people in real life get called "characters;" this is not always a positive statement.
Normally, we passively read (or watch, or listen to) an explanation of what they do and what happens to them, but role-playing games (both the tabletop and video varieties) have the unique feature of allowing a player to determine the actions of one or more characters; we refer to such characters as Player Characters.
The other characters in the game world, those not under player control, are called Non-player characters.
Sometimes, a person or character is described as "having character;" in this sense, character is defined as the qualities that define a person, especially the good qualities -- though to say that a character "has no character" usually means that he or she has no distinguishing qualities whatsoever, good or bad.
Because a player may have more than one PC under his control (in different games, or maybe even in one game), and because a DM will inevitably have lots of NPCs running around, players and DMs often use Character sheets (or stat blocks, if the character is of minimal importance) to keep track of a character's essential characteristics for ease of recollection.