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To GMPC or to Allied NPC?

Posted by Chris Sniezak | Aug 20, 2025 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice, Tools for GMs

Does the word GMPC even mean anything anymore?...

Making your world and prep easier through players’ backstories

Posted by Tomas Gimenez Rioja | Mar 11, 2022 | General

Prepping for your game can be a bit tiring and...

Genius Loci

Posted by Matthew J. Neagley | Jul 5, 2017 | General, Tools for GMs

The genius loci is a concept most people are...

Troy’s Crock Pot: Putting your frog princes to work

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Mar 10, 2017 | Game Mastering, General, GMing Advice

One way to keep a party of adventurers on their...

Gnomecast #4 – Make Your NPCs Flawed

Posted by Poddy Gnomington | Dec 15, 2016 | General, Gnomecast, Small Bites

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Story Forge – The Four Card NPC

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Jan 18, 2013 | GMing Advice

I have in the past (here and here) talked about...

Troy’s Crock Pot: It’s OK to join the party

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Sep 19, 2012 | GMing Advice

If you’re the GM, you accept the fact that...

Troy’s Crock Pot: Twelve Pages I Can’t Live Without

Posted by Troy E. Taylor | Jul 16, 2012 | GMing Advice

Of late I have extolled the virtues of earlier...

One Character, Many Sheets

Posted by Walt Ciechanowski | Jul 9, 2012 | GMing Advice

Inspiration often comes when you least expect...

Timelining NPCs To Make Them Organic

Posted by John Arcadian | Feb 1, 2012 | GMing Advice

“Is professor Yell doing this now, or wait, when...

NPCs in Full Color

Posted by Don Mappin | Dec 15, 2011 | GMing Advice

The most common descriptions used to build a...

The Villain’s Adventure: A Creative Way to Oppose the PCs

Posted by Martin Ralya | Oct 17, 2011 | GMing Advice

Of the many ways to give the big villains in...

Prep-Lite: Wireframes And Skins

Posted by Phil Vecchione | Feb 18, 2011 | GMing Advice

A few months ago I started down a path of...

Did You Notice The Woman In The Red Dress?

Posted by John Arcadian | Dec 10, 2010 | GMing Advice

One of the big GMing theory questions that...

Johnny’s Five – Five Reasons To Overact Your NPCs

Posted by John Arcadian | Nov 2, 2010 | Johnny's Five

Right before all of the Halloween craziness of this year occurred,...

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