Ezri
Knight
We do send out things like this called "fishbowls" but you won't see more than one or two out at any given time. We run a bunch of these roles every weekend. We offer gobbies for people to write up these little encounters/characters as well (in that paragraph alone you have about 50 gobs worth James if you submit them ).
Often we do give NPCs roles like this (as Mike mentioned) during mealtimes so that they have something fun to RP while eating. Sometimes it's something plot creates, other times we'll let them make something up just for fun and flavor. And yes some of them are recurring, especially if they go over well.
If I had like 50 NPCs per weekend we could do things like this more (and there was a time in HQ where 40+ npcs were the norm... I miss those days). But if we're going to run mods and other encounters we just don't have the resources to have NPCs just hanging out in the tavern all the time.
Often we do give NPCs roles like this (as Mike mentioned) during mealtimes so that they have something fun to RP while eating. Sometimes it's something plot creates, other times we'll let them make something up just for fun and flavor. And yes some of them are recurring, especially if they go over well.
If I had like 50 NPCs per weekend we could do things like this more (and there was a time in HQ where 40+ npcs were the norm... I miss those days). But if we're going to run mods and other encounters we just don't have the resources to have NPCs just hanging out in the tavern all the time.