afroakuma
2009-06-22, 11:21 PM
They form the vast bulk of the population and color your towns, your cities and your nations. From the lowliest farmboy to the mightiest wizard, everything that is not a PC is implicitly a non-player character under the DM's control.
However, these entities lack diversity and flavor in statistical terms. What distinguishes the farmboy from the schoolboy from the shop boy? What's the difference between a farmboy and a farmhand?
For whatever role you think a common NPC might play, please post your opinion on the role, its class level mix, its race and whether it should use the standard "all 10s" array or the nonelite array.
My own few:
{table=head]Role|Level|Race|Array
Farmboy|Com1|Human|S
Farmer|Com1/Exp2|Human|S
Farmgirl|Com1|Human|S
Farmhand|Com2|Human|S
Farmwife|Com2/Exp1|Human|S
Rascal|Com 1|Human|S
Rowdy|Com1|Human|S
Shop Boy|Com1|Human|S[/Table]
However, these entities lack diversity and flavor in statistical terms. What distinguishes the farmboy from the schoolboy from the shop boy? What's the difference between a farmboy and a farmhand?
For whatever role you think a common NPC might play, please post your opinion on the role, its class level mix, its race and whether it should use the standard "all 10s" array or the nonelite array.
My own few:
{table=head]Role|Level|Race|Array
Farmboy|Com1|Human|S
Farmer|Com1/Exp2|Human|S
Farmgirl|Com1|Human|S
Farmhand|Com2|Human|S
Farmwife|Com2/Exp1|Human|S
Rascal|Com 1|Human|S
Rowdy|Com1|Human|S
Shop Boy|Com1|Human|S[/Table]