A MOO I'm on uses a nice dividing line. There are PCs (obvious), NPCs, and
unPCs.
NPCs are "owned" by a player, and controlled by them somewhat exclusively,
sort of as second PCs.
unPCs are *intended* as filler, but in cases become as developed as PCs or
NPCs. Nonetheless, they remain community-owned.
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