

Which striking details you choose are up to you, but it’s always nice to go beyond stereotypes and clichés.


Paint the basic image for your PCs allow them to form their own vision of the character around a couple of striking details. Put it this way: NPCs are an absolute must, and when they’re done well, they can change a game for the better in an infinite amount of ways.Īs with pretty much every element of your campaign or one shot, visuals should be the absolute first thing you provide for your NPCs. Whilst the setting and player decisions will make up a significant amount of the environment and action in the campaign, the NPCs will provide the real meat on the bones, and can transform a boring, underwhelming fetch quest into a spectacularly memorable crusade of gloriousness. If there’s one thing you should know about DMing before you start, it’s that you’ll need good NPCs, or non-player characters.
