adventuring and exploring is something that should be left to the real players. npc's should only do the tasks that are important but too boring for players to do 24/7. they could guard towns, trade or give dynamic quests. npc's traveling between towns and paying players to protect them are another...

I just found TMW in the Gentoo Portage tree a couple days ago... very nice game... this is one of the first few threads I've looked at on this forum thusfar. On the topic of autonomous NPCs... and since this is about wild and crazy ideas that may or may not be possible or plausible... I have some pe...