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Systematic NPCs: Design With Purpose

Filed in D&D / Pathfinder, Game Mastering, Mike, NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Planning & Preparation, Tools & Techniques, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, Metagaming & Metagame Theory, All Genres on Sep.03, 2024

I employ a structured and systematic approach to NPC design. Today, I’m going to give readers the low-down – everything they need to use it for themselves. The system revolves around a text document or sheet of notepaper, and an 8×4 grid on another sheet of notepaper – and something to write with. As ideas […]

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A Discussion Of Dialogue

Filed in Game Mastering, Mike, The Adventurer's Club (Hero System 5th Ed), Zenith-3 (Original system based on Hero System 4th Ed), NPCs & Villains & Monsters, Planning & Preparation, Tools & Techniques, Writing & Authoring & The Games Industry, D&D / Pathfinder, Metagaming & Metagame Theory on Jan.24, 2023

Dialogue: Essential Techniques There are three basic approaches to writing dialogue. 1. Canned Dialogue This involves writing the central dialogue in advance, making assumptions about the conversational cues that the players will provide. There are obvious advantages to this approach; you can take as much time as you need to polish and nuance the words, […]

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