Rolled characters vs. game|provided NPCs
Stop Thinking About NPCs as NPCs - LinkedIn
NPCs. What I mean by that is that these characters are viewed as objects with behavioural patterns all governed by rules of logic. Certain ...
dnd 5e 2014 - Important NPC needs to die in a fight - narrative or dice?
In an authored story, the author decides on the actions and consequences of all characters. In a roleplaying game, the gamemaster describes the ...
copyrighted chars and npcs in game - Page 2 - Forums - Homecoming
Using limited tools to recreate other characters absolutely takes creativity, the amount of creativity varying depending on specifics. In ...
How to make your NPCs more interesting (in a fight) - LOOK, ROBOT
It's the dice they roll to attack. (Or heal, or what have you.) If they don't use an active dice roll, tie it into the controlling player's dice ...
List of NPCs | Regretevator Wiki - Fandom
NPCs are characters that can be found on certain floors or may appear due to elevator occurrences. Some NPCs are able to interact with other NPCs and ...
What makes NPCs and party members "human"? - Unity Discussions
When it's clear they're reading lines from a script, oblivious to what's happening around them or what has happened to them in the past.
[Gaming History] Power Gaming -- Boot Hill NPCs - Geekerati
Player Characters are far more proficient than randomly generated NPCs. ... The speed of x could have been called average and have provided no ...
... characters (NPCs) with personality. ... The tables can be used to purposely select NPC traits or the DM could roll for random results.
Forums: Advice: NPCs Lying (and Deception vs Sense Motive) - Paizo
According to the rules, you roll a secret deception check vs their passive perception DC, unless they have a special skill feat that would make ...
Most combat scenes are the longest and slowest parts of any RPG and rolling for NPCs will just slow things down further. The players are only ...
The right number of NPCs | Gamemasters - Yawning Portal
When you write or design an NPC you need to figure out its relationship to the PCs. Since the narrative revolves around the PCs, every NPC ...
The 3 Line NPC Method: How to Create Story-Full NPCs Fast
If an NPC needs or uses a skill in-game, assign a total modifier and note that on the NPC's character sheet. Between sessions, if you like, work out the ...
Yet Anothe One About Manipulative NPCs - Burning Wheel Forums
There's again that tell players, but make NPC roll for determine effect on character's approach. Conversely Luke seems to be suggesting just ...
Intro To Role-Playing via NPCs - Page 2 - TheRPGSite
Quote from: jeff37923;635163 Using an NPC, like smiorgan suggests, gives the Player more agency to be actively involved with the game. It also allows for the ...
Do you ever have your players play NPCs? - RPGnet Forums
Consistency can suffer. Sometimes the player doesn't do a good job of using the motivation, personality, or knowledge I've provided for that NPC ...
Hey, Isn't That My Character: Using Retired PCs As NPCs
Using a PC's back story is a great way to tie a particular character to a NPC and make that NPC really matter. Another great way is having the ...
Question on adding NPCs to a campaign - D&D Beyond General
I have rolled up several characters that will be NPCs, just to have a better feel for what they are than writing it down on a piece of paper.
Procedurally generated NPCs—including ones already of a specific ...
I personally believe that procedurally generated NPCs would be a nice idea. What this means is that all the NPCs in the game would randomly ...
Do you let NPC`s use social Skills and Talents on the PC`s?
The game uses the dice as a narrative and RPG aid, my personal opinion is rolling dice to force PCs to choose, or not, a course of action isn't ...
Naming Conventions For NPCs - Choice of Games Forum
And then I remember playing a game that gave me a warning about naming a character that had the same name as an NPC in the story, which made me ...