Posts Tagged ‘hooks’

Reusing NPCs

I was reading this post about reusing NPCs over at the Spirits of Eden and I realised I had a lot more to say than could fit in a comment. So I’ve been inspired to write my own post on the topic.

I find that my players become very intrigued when they encounter an NPC who has been through some noticeable change since the last time the players saw them.

I’ve been using the same RPG world since I started running games, but legends of the PCs’ adventures live on and so do some NPCs…

Minigames: Knifey-Dicey

I recently had an NPC ask a PC if he’d like to gamble, but I hadn’t thought of the game they would play. Before I knew it I was saying in character as the NPC: “So, have you ever played… knifey-dicey?” On the spot, we came up with some quick rules for this two player minigame.

Link Hoard: Australia Day 2010

Australia is basically a fantasy roleplaying setting come to life. Australia is beautiful, deadly and a great source of inspiration for gamemasters. So, to celebrate Australia Day I’ve collected Australia-related roleplaying links and inspirational links from around the webosphere for your perusal.

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