Talk:Shiva's Bodyguard/@comment-5632187-20121221021603/@comment-25173123-20140722045429

Never heard that additional requirement placed on NPCs. (that they have to have some form of communication trait?)

An NPC is a non-player Character. (or non-playable character, non-person player) As a rule of thumb though NPCs can be of speaking or non-speaking variety. To set a rule that NPCs are characters that can be talked to is purely something not in the norm.

So I would have to disagree with your rule of thumb in this situation, with NPCs being "...an NPC is anyone you can try to talk to...".