Non-Player Character. In general, any character (human or otherwise) in a role-playing game that is not controlled by someone playing the game.
In a tabletop RPG, the game master or equivalent (the person running the game) will generally act/speak the parts of all NPCs. These NPCs can range anywhere from an innkeeper the players talk to in order to rent a room to the mysterious woman who follows your party along for her own unknown reasons only to backstab you right when you were starting to trust her. It's up to the GM.
In LARP, the people running the game will again play the NPC parts, and may enlist others to be NPCs. In an ongoing game, LARP NPCs tend to be the characters who are either too temporary or too important to be done by a given player.
In single-player video game RPGs, NPCs are anyone who isn't your party. They generally aren't referred to as such in this context because "the guy next to the weapon shop" works just as well. These NPCs have a set dialog, and most will repeat the same thing they say every time you try to talk to them. Several webcomics have poked fun at this.
And in a MMORPG, the NPCs are the characters controlled by the server. They often have some kind of distinguishing feature, such as listing their trade in their status window or their name being displayed in a different color of text. As with single-player RPGs, these NPCs will tend to have set patterns of behavior and often must be interacted with to achieve some objective or another.
In a tabletop RPG, the game master or equivalent (the person running the game) will generally act/speak the parts of all NPCs. These NPCs can range anywhere from an innkeeper the players talk to in order to rent a room to the mysterious woman who follows your party along for her own unknown reasons only to backstab you right when you were starting to trust her. It's up to the GM.
In LARP, the people running the game will again play the NPC parts, and may enlist others to be NPCs. In an ongoing game, LARP NPCs tend to be the characters who are either too temporary or too important to be done by a given player.
In single-player video game RPGs, NPCs are anyone who isn't your party. They generally aren't referred to as such in this context because "the guy next to the weapon shop" works just as well. These NPCs have a set dialog, and most will repeat the same thing they say every time you try to talk to them. Several webcomics have poked fun at this.
And in a MMORPG, the NPCs are the characters controlled by the server. They often have some kind of distinguishing feature, such as listing their trade in their status window or their name being displayed in a different color of text. As with single-player RPGs, these NPCs will tend to have set patterns of behavior and often must be interacted with to achieve some objective or another.
I need someone who's not playing a regular character to be a NPC today.
Talk to the NPC by the gates to start the item collecting quest.
Talk to the NPC by the gates to start the item collecting quest.
by Artscrafter June 18, 2005
A "non playable character"
To refer to someone as an npc, is a way of calling them predictable and act and repeat words said.
To refer to someone as an npc, is a way of calling them predictable and act and repeat words said.
by Guliguligug October 20, 2022
1. Used to denote a video-game character that is not controlled by a player.
2. Someone, regardless of their views, who doesn't think for themselves. Contrary to what most conservatives tell you, all NPCs aren't liberal, and all liberals aren't NPCs. If you blindly agree with whatever a person says, you're an NPC.
2. Someone, regardless of their views, who doesn't think for themselves. Contrary to what most conservatives tell you, all NPCs aren't liberal, and all liberals aren't NPCs. If you blindly agree with whatever a person says, you're an NPC.
1. NPC don't resist when a bloody train is coming at them in GTA, it's hilarious.
2. "Orange Man Bad. Satan himself. Whatever he does is wrong. If you disagree, you're a fascist! And don't call me an NPC, that's dehumanizing!"
"Orange Man Good. God himself. Whatever he does is right. If you disagree, you're a communist! You're an NPC!"
2. "Orange Man Bad. Satan himself. Whatever he does is wrong. If you disagree, you're a fascist! And don't call me an NPC, that's dehumanizing!"
"Orange Man Good. God himself. Whatever he does is right. If you disagree, you're a communist! You're an NPC!"
by Kelpy G February 19, 2019
1. Really means non-playable characters that are programmed to act a certain way in games. Usually games under the rpg category have npcs
2. Overused term just to mean someone who doesn’t think for themselves. Conservatives think that all liberals are npcs, which is not true btw.
3. Term used by random people who think they know better than everyone to be obnoxious
2. Overused term just to mean someone who doesn’t think for themselves. Conservatives think that all liberals are npcs, which is not true btw.
3. Term used by random people who think they know better than everyone to be obnoxious
1. “Look, that NPC just entered their house. I better get to bed.”
2. Person 1: “Damn liberals are all NPCs.”
Person 2: “No they aren’t lmao”
3: Person 3: “oMg look at all of those NPCs just walking around.”
Person 4: “If you read books in your free time your an NPC BAHAHA!!!”
2. Person 1: “Damn liberals are all NPCs.”
Person 2: “No they aren’t lmao”
3: Person 3: “oMg look at all of those NPCs just walking around.”
Person 4: “If you read books in your free time your an NPC BAHAHA!!!”
by buddy...not.the.elf. December 22, 2022
an npc is a non playing character or if you hear it in real life it also means that someone is irrelevant
by mullyeu guy February 15, 2022
Any of a wide variety of unthinking, robot-like employees who provide the terrible customer service that defines many venues of one's commercial pursuits. NPC activity is varied, but includes:
-Responding to all questions with rote, scripted dialogue, whether it applies to the current situation or not.
-Attempting to continue with a procedure, even though it has become quite clear that a required piece of equipment is obviously not functioning, or absent.
-Generally refusing to recognize that the stimulus of their NPC behavior is a human being, and not another NPC.
Alternatively, an NPC is any automated phone answering system that attempts to do anything but connect you with the party to whom you most need to speak.
-Responding to all questions with rote, scripted dialogue, whether it applies to the current situation or not.
-Attempting to continue with a procedure, even though it has become quite clear that a required piece of equipment is obviously not functioning, or absent.
-Generally refusing to recognize that the stimulus of their NPC behavior is a human being, and not another NPC.
Alternatively, an NPC is any automated phone answering system that attempts to do anything but connect you with the party to whom you most need to speak.
1. I've been on hold with customer support for over half an hour because the NPCs can't stop using the pre-scripted questionnaire long enough to know that my problem is not on their list!
2. Customer: Hi, can I get a diet coke and 6 orders of french fries?
NPC: Would you like fries with that?
2. Customer: Hi, can I get a diet coke and 6 orders of french fries?
NPC: Would you like fries with that?
by Mephist0paulus January 22, 2010
Besides the video game definition and the political definition, there's the most retarded definition:
Someone who's just minding their business and not interacting with everyone in a 500 km radius. Apparently.
It's usually used in this context by teens and pre-teens who think the world revolves around them, and it's usually a symptom of narcissism.
Someone who's just minding their business and not interacting with everyone in a 500 km radius. Apparently.
It's usually used in this context by teens and pre-teens who think the world revolves around them, and it's usually a symptom of narcissism.
Normal person: walking down the street, minding their own business
Retarded person: NPC! *autistic giggling*
Normal person: *ignores the retard*
Retarded person: *retard sounds or something idk*
Retarded person: NPC! *autistic giggling*
Normal person: *ignores the retard*
Retarded person: *retard sounds or something idk*
by Mr OceMcCool April 27, 2023