The Airy Peaks — The Town of Foot. Part 3 (06)
Let us continue our look at the town of Foot...
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The Airy Peaks – The Town of Foot. Part 2 (05)
The town of Foot is the home base of any Airy...
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Nonstop Pulp Action, HP Piles and Cartography
Good stuff for GMs from around the web: •...
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Starship Tiles, Clever NPC Prep and the Obvious
Three great links from the GMing community:...
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GMPCs: A Two-Edged GMing Tool
In the comments on Help Your Players Hone their...
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The 7-Sentence NPC: A Tool Worth Tracking Down
Way back in 1992, Dragon Magazine #184 featured...
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Four GMing Links: NPCs, Networking and More
Just lately, I’ve come across a bevy of...
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The Conflict Rule of NPC Design
Conflict makes characters interesting, and...
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NPC Stats: Full, Partial or Loose?
I have a theory that when GMs stat out NPCs,...
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NPCs Don’t Sit on Fences
After linking to this post last week, I also...
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How Your Players See NPCs, and a Bad Metaphor
Over on Avonia d20, Patrick (who is Patrick on...
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Creating and Running Guide NPCs
Issue #349 of Roleplaying Tips has some great...
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The Power of Names: Choosing Good Ones
When you’re choosing a name for an NPC,...
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Create Adventures and NPCs Around a Focal Scene
Brian Engard, who writes Gamecrafter’s...
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Do You Prep NPC Dialogue?
When you’re putting together an adventure...
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