
The DM has control over kings, dragons, goblins, necromancers, innkeepers, guards, and basically every other living being in the world. That should be enough to keep track of. But the players have other plans. The DM introduces a random NPC with one line of dialogue. The party instantly decides that that person is the most important NPC in the entire campaign. Now he needs a name. A family. A backstory. Maybe he should come along on the adventure. And the DM sits behind the screen and improvises his life from childhood to retirement plan. Puppet Master AKA The DM T-shirt is for the person who allegedly controls the whole world. Right up until the players decide to adopt a goblin, open a tavern, or ignore the quest that took three hours to prepare.