Not sure how this will be interpreted, but here goes.
I want to make an NPC that will become critical in Sorin's development, and the major plot mover for almost his entire history thus far. However, there are some things I want with this NPC. The NPC, a "he", will be the equivalent of a master rank Force User, and be of a species I have yet to write up. The species, however, is humanoid, if not completely in appearance. I figure that I would leave his species as being something "not important" for the duration of his use until it becomes relevant in Sorin's story, by which point I'll be making a species submission, go through what I need for that, and then be done. At the moment, I'm not sure yet if I will even need to, because I could find another route that works just as well for my plot, but without needing anything complicated. For his status as being able to use the Force, I want him to be less of a teacher, and more of a "You're going to work your ass off" type of character, making any attempts at learning so complicated that it would make Sorin's head spin. It will become less about learning, and more of character development for Sorin as he is sent on the equivalent of suicide missions, without even knowing why he's doing what he's doing.
With that in mind, I would want to edit the thread I make for him. I'm not talking about editing his profile for major changes, but instead editing it simply to update the bio and any recent threads I happen to use him in. I imagine I will be making threads where I develop his own personality and backstory, because I don't even know right now what everything will entail. I might decide, in the course of writing something, that I want to take his character in an entirely different direction than what I had thought previous. Here's my question: since the NPC board does not have a requirement of submitting each NPC one makes, and because I don't want to bother the staff here when I want to edit the grammar of a sentence, what would be the perspective and interpretation of Judges if I created a thread for him in the Creation Board, labeling him clearly as an NPC? From my view point, I would need to post in the thread when I do updates, what I updated, and where I updated it, so that way it becomes easier for anyone looking back to see what changes were made to it. This way there's a clear timeline of edits, and that this way I don't have to submit a dozen threads when I decide to make a major plot change in his story. I have ideas going through my head, but I'll be honest, I won't know if I'll use them until I'm about to post them. The end result is that I want to be able to edit his profile like a regular PC, but keep him as an NPC because I want a detailed plot mover. Sorin won't be learning everything from him, and will force Sorin to seek out other masters at the same time so that he can learn as much as he can. Again, to get Sorin off his ass.
What do you think?
