Quick NPC Hack

[JohnnFour]

RPT GM Patrick Richert has this great NPC hack:

Here's a tip that I've used for creating NPCs, mostly on the fly, and one that Taliesin Jaffe uses as well.

Keep the list of the 7 dwarves handy, and if you need an NPC, pick two of the dwarves, and use those aspects for the character.

Sleepy and Doc? You get an educated man that talks slowly and comes to conclusions ponderously, etc.

It works for something quick that you can then go back and refine later.

 

[Colubris]

Also works with the 7 deadly sins and their related virtues.

A few years ago I picked up writing books on positive & negative character traits. I put the lists into Campaign Logger generators and it can now spit out a pair of good and bad (hopeful & jealous, attentive & lazy). That's what I use for the 3-line portrayal.

 

[JohnnFour]

Cool idea!