Idle curiosity. I've always wondered why the name for the Tales of the Questor was 'npc.keenspace.com' and not something like 'totq'. Goblin Hollow is 'utlt.keenspace.com' because it was orignally named 'Under the Lemon Tree'.
I'm guessing there was originally a different working name for the comic, he got the name from a defunct project, or it has some personal meaning that has escaped me.
Sheer curiosity and speculation. "New Project Comic"?
Anyone have a better guess or the real reason for the site name?
Why is it 'npc' for the site name?
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Ahh, the grate question 
'NPC' stands for None Player Charactors, which was the comics origional name. At first Ralphs idea was for a comic about 'the other guys', the comic releaf, bubleing assistants, nobody people, the ones who were never pivital to the story, Quentyn origionaly being the digruntald 'cute fuzzy thing'.
Of cource, it evolved into something quite difrent in the long run, and thank the maker it did
'NPC' stands for None Player Charactors, which was the comics origional name. At first Ralphs idea was for a comic about 'the other guys', the comic releaf, bubleing assistants, nobody people, the ones who were never pivital to the story, Quentyn origionaly being the digruntald 'cute fuzzy thing'.
Of cource, it evolved into something quite difrent in the long run, and thank the maker it did
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Ahhh.. That would explain it.
Strange how the bit characters will often take over a story that way.
Reminds me of one of the best RPG games I was ever involved in. We decided that our setting would be Faerun D&D, but with a major twist. We were going for humor and making fun of the standard setting.
Everyone played folks that were trying to bilk the big city adventurers from 'Deep Water' into coming to the local caves for treasure and monsters. Somehow the entire campaign got twisted into a quest by the local town drunk. His magic sword (which hated to fight, dulls the edge y'know) convinced him that he MUST be the true king of Lantan (and possibly Sudge). Between the communist bugbear, a druid who went to heavy on the 'magic' brownies, a blind archer, and the treachery of the dark g'nomes, the campaign was a lot of fun. Only group I ever played with where funny accents were mandatory and props were provided. Yet, it was all storytelling and not a dice bag to be found.
Reminds me of one of the best RPG games I was ever involved in. We decided that our setting would be Faerun D&D, but with a major twist. We were going for humor and making fun of the standard setting.
Everyone played folks that were trying to bilk the big city adventurers from 'Deep Water' into coming to the local caves for treasure and monsters. Somehow the entire campaign got twisted into a quest by the local town drunk. His magic sword (which hated to fight, dulls the edge y'know) convinced him that he MUST be the true king of Lantan (and possibly Sudge). Between the communist bugbear, a druid who went to heavy on the 'magic' brownies, a blind archer, and the treachery of the dark g'nomes, the campaign was a lot of fun. Only group I ever played with where funny accents were mandatory and props were provided. Yet, it was all storytelling and not a dice bag to be found.
