But this is never something that will be black and white. Nor should it really matter. Saying "a PC will always beat an NPC" is simple foolishness. If this is the case, we've simply replaced one set of beancounting with another. But now everyone will be rushing to create as many new accounts as they can.
Duels and battles come down to writing skill, tactics, and how long one has been around, imho.
I consider my characters PCs when they have participated in more than one or two threads. If they're regular guests (so to speak) they're characters. NPCs are characters created for one thread and forgotten.
[size=1]"So the woman asked me what I wanted on the sandwich and I said I do not care it is for a duck, and she was like oh then it's free. I was not aware that ducks eat for free at Subway. It's like give me a chicken fajita sub, but don't worry about ringing it up, it is for a duck.”
-Mitch Hedberg
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