Show us how you…do a year end topic round up?? Phil is joined by Ryan, our always intrepid editor, for a quick topic round up to “round off” our recording year. (eh? eh? you see MORE
Tag: NPCs
PTG 396 – GM Manipulation via NPC
Show us how you avoid manipulating your players via NPC/GMPC (GMC)! Phil and Senda talk the actual question from last week: how to avoid unconscious (or conscious) bias in using your NPCs to communicate with MORE
Gnomecast #216 – How Do You Prep
Join Ang and JT as Matt leads the questions on how to prep for our games and how to make that easier for yourself.
PTG 354 – Embodying NPCs
Show us how you embody an NPC at the table when advance prep is your stronger skill, or show us how you prep for a character when improv is where you excel! Phil and Senda MORE
MM Plays 12 – NPC Groupings
We love those side characters in our RPGs but how do you introduce many of them in one scene. That’s a large part of the discussion today along with some other advice on how to MORE
PTG 299 – Whose NPC Is It Anyway?
Show us how you manage sharing playing NPCs at your table! Phil and Senda talk about how to draw boundaries when there’s spillage between NPCs you want/don’t mind sharing with your player and NPCs you MORE
MMP#487 – Blending Genre
One part cosmic horror, one part steam punk, and a sprinkle of SciFi. What does that get you? Listen to this installment of MMP and find out as we talk all about Genre Blending. Follow MORE
MMP#486 – Support Teams. Your friendly neighborhood NPCs
Not every team of adventurers operate alone. Sometimes the heroes need a reliable group to call on again and again to help them in their missions. These recurring characters assist the party by providing additional MORE
Gnomecast #89 – Beefing Up Your NPCs
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? You can find MORE
Gnomecast #60 – Don’t Fridge the NPC
Join Ang, Chuck, and Wen for a discussion on the complications and problems with “fridging,” or endangering vulnerable characters without reason. Will these gnomes be thoughtful enough to keep out of the fridge, er, stew? MORE