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Originally Posted by jeff_wilson
"There is no point to statting up anything that is not a PC" - I'm seeing this opinion (with which I do not agree) expressed more frequently than previous here, and I would like to see if users can post informed reasons for having it when there are several rules like the long-established Allies and Enemies that require the opposite behavior.
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I don't think that it there is no point in statting NPCs. On the other hand, I do think that the other extreme where everything in the game world needs to be statted with a full character sheet results in never actually gaming. Often posters seem to think that GURPS requires impossible amounts of prep time or worse claim that it is impossible to improvise.
I'll stat NPCs, sometimes but more often than not I'll just jot down some quick notes for consistency. Enemies, allies and dependents always get full write-ups. I'll often improvise an NPC while gaming and then flesh it out with a full sheet between sessions; if it turns out to be significant.