NPC

Non-Player Characters, or NPCs, are characters in Data Code Online that are not controlled by a player or other User. NPCs of all Races can be found in cities and safe zones, as well as out in the wilderness of Pandora, in which they are Native. NPCs can have Classes, just as a Player can, as well as Subclasses. While most refuse to wander Pandora to fight monsters, some do and are just as skilled at their role as any Player Character. Most NPCs, however, choose to be either a Vanilla Class or hold only Production Subclasses due to their reluctance to enter into the wilderness and fight.

Overview
NPCs are useful for a number of things. For one, you can purchase Food, Items, and various Equipment from NPCs early on, allowing optimal preparation for combat. Additionally, they can be spoken to for information and even Quests. Each NPC has its own memory, thus allowing for each of them to respond differently to PCs and each other based on past experiences.

The history of the native Pandorans differs from Race to Race. While some have been shaped by war, others have been influenced by famine and pestillence, even by fights with the monsters out in the wilderness. Some have even been influenced by a seemingly never-ending period of cultural enrichment and growth.

While NPCs are numerous and can be powerful, they are often not as likely to fight for themselves against monsters, due to being taught that the monsters cannot be stopped. Instead, they prefer to run from them, even against weaker ones. Just like PCs, NPCs can join Parties and Guilds and do all sorts of creative, constructive, and combative activities, but if an NPC is killed, they will not Respawn, therefore meaning that they will be and remain dead, further enforcing the fear they have in leaving the safety of their cities and towns. Furthermore, while NPCs know that they can manually cook Food in order to taste flavor, most prefer not to waste time doing so, preferring to have a bland meal created by an in-game Crafting Prompt that will keep them alive so they can work to provide for their families. When selling prepared Food, most NPCs don't manually cook the Food unless for a much larger additional charge. Due to the lack of understanding why flavor is important to Food, few NPCs are Chefs nor have a high-level Cooking Skill.

Notable NPCs
Like all cultures, many NPCs have made an impact on history and culture in Pandora. The following subsections will divide NPCs by Class.