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Join Ang and J.T. for a discussion about how to best make use of non-player characters (NPCs) in your game. Are these gnomes main enough characters to keep out of the stew?
https://gnomestew.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Gnomecast-089.mp3 [2]Download: Gnomecast #89 – Beefing Up Your NPCs [2]
- You can find all the books J.T. mentioned at the Writers Helping Writers bookstore [3].
- This is the “feeling wheel” J.T. described (click for large version):
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It was popularized as a tool for writers by English teacher Kaitlin Robbs [5] and is based on the therapeutic tool developed by Dr. Gloria Willcox [6]. - Check out Masks: 1,000 Memorable NPCs for Any Roleplaying Game [7] from Engine Publishing.
Follow J.T. at @jtevans [8] on Twitter and check out all his work at jtevans.net [9].
Follow Ang at @orikes13 [10] on Twitter, and see pictures of her cats at @orikes13 [11] on Instagram.
Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting gnomestew.tempurl.host [12], following @gnomestew [13] on Twitter, or visiting the Gnome Stew Facebook Page [14]. Subscribe to the Gnome Stew Twitch channel [15], check out Gnome Stew Merch [16], catch the Gnome Stew YouTube channel [17], and support Gnome Stew on Patreon [18]!
For another great show on the Misdirected Mark network, check out Bonus Experience [19]!