Game character

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A game character is a person or any other entity acting in a game. Game character may also refer to:

  • Player character, a character or a role in tabletop and video games, who is controlled by a player, typically a protagonist of the game's plot
    • Alternate character, another controllable character in addition to the main Player character
  • Non-player character, or NPC, a character controlled by a game-master in tabletop role-playing games or by a program in video games.
    • Boss (video games), a significant computer-controlled enemy in video games
    • Mob (video games), short for “mobile”. A type of computer-controlled non-player characters, whose primary purpose is to be killed for experience, quest objective, or loot

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