
The DM has control over kings, dragons, goblins, necromancers, innkeepers, guards and basically all other living creatures in the world. It 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 this person is the most important NPC in the entire campaign. Now he needs a name. A family. A backstory. Maybe he should join 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 supposedly controls the whole world. Right up until the players decide to adopt a goblin, open an inn, or ignore the quest that took three hours to prepare.