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2012-01-27, 07:12 PM
So I have been making an ODF containing Generic NPC's or "Flesh bags" if you will. Bundles of stats in case a party member stabs one. I have finished that project. Now I am moving on to dynamic-ish personalities. Sort of based on the Article in the gaming section of this site. Here is an example:
Robert Strongarm Human LG- Expert (Blacksmith) or Commoner(with Blacksmith ranks)
Robert, or "Bob (Bobby from his mother)" lives in a small wooden house with his wife (Saria) and two children (possible plot objects). Robert is a blacksmith, but dislikes making Martial and Exotic weapons (that he knows how to make), thinking them to be weapons of oppression
Their house is well built, but the chimney is sloped a bit funny. It is two stories tall, with 2 windows on each floor in the front. He has a workshop off the side of the house that he uses for his blacksmith work. His older male child is learning to be a blacksmith as well, but his younger daughter is not.
Loves: wife and children, health, his dog Irony,
Hates: Drunkards, thieves, cats which he kills when his wife isn't looking.
Goals: Bob wants another child but his wife is too weak to bear anther, he is working on a Masterwork full plate, Eventually wants to learn a spell but doesn't even know where to begin
Quirks/Traits: Fascinated by magic, hardworking but doesn't work before his wife gets up in the morning
Saria Strongarm: Robert's wife, she loves her husband but doesn't understand or appreciate his hatred of cats. She isn't as fascinated by magic but is trying to convince a local Shaman to teach Bob the basics of Spell casting, not knowing enough to know that that really isn't a possibility. She likes to sleep in but doesn't because she knows her husband won't get up in the morning if she isn't up to.
Thus, I'd like to ask the GITP Forums to help me! If any of you are doing things like this that would be great. If I get a couple dozen or so I'll put it up on google docs for download.
Hopefully they will be in a format similar to what I am using just for uniformity's sake. Flavor details are king here! I don't even want stats because while they are 3.5 characters, I want the to be good for 4ed or even a medieval Paranoia.
Also, Saria is part of the Robert Entry, not her own entry. That doesn't have to be the case and she will probably be her own entry in the finished product. EDIT: I have finished a Saria Entry. Also, as I add them to the document, I am sourcing you with your username.
Saria Strongarm: Human LG Commoner
Robert's wife, she loves her husband but doesn't understand or appreciate his hatred of cats. She isn't as fascinated by magic but is trying to convince a local Shaman to teach bob the basics of Spell casting, not knowing enough to know that that really isn't a possibility. She likes to sleep in but doesn't because she knows her husband won't get up in the morning if she isn't up to. Saria loves to bake, but I truly awful at it. Her husband hasn't told her, and she doesn't understand why her family gets some many stomach aches.
Saria is largely incapable of having children after a complication when her second child was born, although the clerics and physicians in the city they trek to every season cannot find a medical cause or proper treatment.
Her oven is cracked and she has never had any baking instruction. As a cook (of non-baked goods) she fares a little better, being a decent chef in her own right. She is a truly addicted gossip and will know the ins and outs of most the town of Oakweld.
Loves: Husband and Children, good baking, cats. Cupcakes hold a special place in her heart when she can afford the sugar.
Hates: Irony the dog, Husbands penchant for killing cats. Fruitcake, really, anything with exceptionally well cooked fruit and baked good together.
Goals: Find a teacher for Robert, actually bake well, get a new oven.
Quirks/Traits: Uses the word “gotcha” excessively even when it doesn't make sense. She adjusts her dress when nervous, but won't if lying.
Also, would this be better suited in a different forum? Such as the straight 3.5 forum or the general role-playing forum
Robert Strongarm Human LG- Expert (Blacksmith) or Commoner(with Blacksmith ranks)
Robert, or "Bob (Bobby from his mother)" lives in a small wooden house with his wife (Saria) and two children (possible plot objects). Robert is a blacksmith, but dislikes making Martial and Exotic weapons (that he knows how to make), thinking them to be weapons of oppression
Their house is well built, but the chimney is sloped a bit funny. It is two stories tall, with 2 windows on each floor in the front. He has a workshop off the side of the house that he uses for his blacksmith work. His older male child is learning to be a blacksmith as well, but his younger daughter is not.
Loves: wife and children, health, his dog Irony,
Hates: Drunkards, thieves, cats which he kills when his wife isn't looking.
Goals: Bob wants another child but his wife is too weak to bear anther, he is working on a Masterwork full plate, Eventually wants to learn a spell but doesn't even know where to begin
Quirks/Traits: Fascinated by magic, hardworking but doesn't work before his wife gets up in the morning
Saria Strongarm: Robert's wife, she loves her husband but doesn't understand or appreciate his hatred of cats. She isn't as fascinated by magic but is trying to convince a local Shaman to teach Bob the basics of Spell casting, not knowing enough to know that that really isn't a possibility. She likes to sleep in but doesn't because she knows her husband won't get up in the morning if she isn't up to.
Thus, I'd like to ask the GITP Forums to help me! If any of you are doing things like this that would be great. If I get a couple dozen or so I'll put it up on google docs for download.
Hopefully they will be in a format similar to what I am using just for uniformity's sake. Flavor details are king here! I don't even want stats because while they are 3.5 characters, I want the to be good for 4ed or even a medieval Paranoia.
Also, Saria is part of the Robert Entry, not her own entry. That doesn't have to be the case and she will probably be her own entry in the finished product. EDIT: I have finished a Saria Entry. Also, as I add them to the document, I am sourcing you with your username.
Saria Strongarm: Human LG Commoner
Robert's wife, she loves her husband but doesn't understand or appreciate his hatred of cats. She isn't as fascinated by magic but is trying to convince a local Shaman to teach bob the basics of Spell casting, not knowing enough to know that that really isn't a possibility. She likes to sleep in but doesn't because she knows her husband won't get up in the morning if she isn't up to. Saria loves to bake, but I truly awful at it. Her husband hasn't told her, and she doesn't understand why her family gets some many stomach aches.
Saria is largely incapable of having children after a complication when her second child was born, although the clerics and physicians in the city they trek to every season cannot find a medical cause or proper treatment.
Her oven is cracked and she has never had any baking instruction. As a cook (of non-baked goods) she fares a little better, being a decent chef in her own right. She is a truly addicted gossip and will know the ins and outs of most the town of Oakweld.
Loves: Husband and Children, good baking, cats. Cupcakes hold a special place in her heart when she can afford the sugar.
Hates: Irony the dog, Husbands penchant for killing cats. Fruitcake, really, anything with exceptionally well cooked fruit and baked good together.
Goals: Find a teacher for Robert, actually bake well, get a new oven.
Quirks/Traits: Uses the word “gotcha” excessively even when it doesn't make sense. She adjusts her dress when nervous, but won't if lying.
Also, would this be better suited in a different forum? Such as the straight 3.5 forum or the general role-playing forum