Thursday, 11 June 2020

NPC Puppets



 

In a good campaign Non Player Characters must be alive. They can not be lifeless cardboard cut outs. They should have clear motivations that will colour their interactions with others.

Here are three nobles that can be dropped into a game to add flavour, be a patron or just to cause trouble for the players.

The Luwellens. Brother and sister Dmitri and Vanya. Deeply in debt and desperate. They inherited from their father a moldery estate, a herd of goats and Frederic and Franco. Two elderly but highly competent assassins.

Lord Ivan Malin - Family motto “What we have, we keep”. Conservative and cautious in nature. Not interested in taking risks to increase holdings or political power. During conflicts, he always sides with those most likely to win. Is often seen at sporting events. An excellent shot.

Count Erutl Glibnick - Member of the one of the decaying houses. Functionally illiterate. Likes to collect small poisonous creatures. Has a lip reading servant Oblic, that keeps him alive in court.

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