Comments on: Better NPCs: lower your expectations http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations The D&D Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ronin http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-12210 Ronin Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:30:25 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/characters/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-12210 You're articles are excellently useful. I have made use of your 30-minute campaign articles more than once. Thanks for the insight. Just FYI, your link to Slack'n'Hash is wrong. Their URL is www.slacknhash.net. You’re articles are excellently useful. I have made use of your 30-minute campaign articles more than once. Thanks for the insight.

Just FYI, your link to Slack’n'Hash is wrong. Their URL is http://www.slacknhash.net.

]]> By: 30 Fiction Writing Tips That Will Make You A Better DM (part 3) | Dungeon Mastering http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-11718 30 Fiction Writing Tips That Will Make You A Better DM (part 3) | Dungeon Mastering Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:22:38 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/characters/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-11718 [...] a moment to think of the NPC’s motivation and goals. You can also quickly come up with a roleplaying quirk that will make the NPC stand out. Do these 2 things, and be ready to improvise a little and good things should [...] [...] a moment to think of the NPC’s motivation and goals. You can also quickly come up with a roleplaying quirk that will make the NPC stand out. Do these 2 things, and be ready to improvise a little and good things should [...]

]]> By: Kicking buttocks and taking names – Dungeon Mastering – D&D blog, DM tips, Dungeons and Dragons Tools http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-10439 Kicking buttocks and taking names – Dungeon Mastering – D&D blog, DM tips, Dungeons and Dragons Tools Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:33:35 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/characters/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-10439 [...] This is a follow-up post to the comments on the lastest Better NPCs [...] [...] This is a follow-up post to the comments on the lastest Better NPCs [...]

]]> By: Ideas from Video Games: Quirky NPCs | Atreus's RPG Works http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-8840 Ideas from Video Games: Quirky NPCs | Atreus's RPG Works Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:58:03 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/characters/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-8840 [...] I know I’ve seen this in countless other locations, but one of the worst-kept secrets in all of game-mastering, is the art of the quirky NPC. Ah – here’s a mention on Dungeon Mastering. [...] [...] I know I’ve seen this in countless other locations, but one of the worst-kept secrets in all of game-mastering, is the art of the quirky NPC. Ah – here’s a mention on Dungeon Mastering. [...]

]]> By: Solomoriah http://www.dungeonmastering.com/campaigns-adventures/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-4106 Solomoriah Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:26:46 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/characters/better-npcs-lower-your-expectations#comment-4106 If you want your players to remember your NPCs, take a leaf from Harry Potter... introduce them slowly. Don't dump an entire NPC party on the players and expect them to remember the whole group... instead, let them meet new ones in groups of no more than two or three. Introducing them alongside known NPCs allows you to pull off a "crowd" while enabling everyone to remember them. If you want your players to remember your NPCs, take a leaf from Harry Potter… introduce them slowly. Don’t dump an entire NPC party on the players and expect them to remember the whole group… instead, let them meet new ones in groups of no more than two or three. Introducing them alongside known NPCs allows you to pull off a “crowd” while enabling everyone to remember them.

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