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By: 5 Dicas para controlar seguidores NPCs

5 Dicas para controlar seguidores NPCs — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:09 +0000

[...] Postado em 7 de outubro de 2009, Por Jonathan Drain no site D20 Source com o tÃtulo original “5 Tips to Handle NPC Followers“ [...]

By: alaskan tarrasque

alaskan tarrasque — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:18:31 +0000

err… she’s going to help them, not she to help them sry

By: alaskan tarrasque

alaskan tarrasque — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:17:01 +0000

In this new campaign im running theres this awesome NPC that i made(purposefully) w/ all 18s. she to help them(basically steal there XP)then die horrificly and possibly over-dramatically when the PCs have either gotten used to it, taken advantage of it or get ready to kill her(its just an experiment[i do thoes a lot]).

By: Ravenous Role Playing » Blog Archive » Friday Five: 2009-10-09

Ravenous Role Playing » Blog Archive » Friday Five: 2009-10-09 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:24:00 +0000

[...] 5 Tips to Handle NPC Followers Jonathan Drain has five quick pointers on how to integrate NPCs into your party’s make up. The best pointer is, of course, the first one. If you can follow that one, the rest should fall into place. [...]

By: Friday Links for October 9, 2009 (a day early) | Moebius Adventures

Friday Links for October 9, 2009 (a day early) | Moebius Adventures — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:57:05 +0000

[...] 5 Tips to Handle NPC Followers from Jonathan Drain’s D20 Source: Dungeons & Dragons Blog (d20source.com) [...]

By: Jonathan Drain

Jonathan Drain — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:23:18 +0000

@Noumenon: Biff has an understudy, named Biff.

By: Tyson J. Hayes

Tyson J. Hayes — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:22:21 +0000

Personally I’ve always found even the same level NPCs generated out of the DMG to be a bit weak, I understand the concept of not outshining the PCs but they should at least be able to hold their own a bit.

I usually tweak them more to my liking if I actually chose to use them.

I don’t think I’ve ever used hirelings, my players have never seemed to think to ask!

By: TheyCallMeTim

TheyCallMeTim — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:44:26 +0000

I never knew about that things with Biff. Maybe I’ll play through again. It’s been awhile since I’ve played BG anyway

By: Pingwin

Pingwin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:03:23 +0000

@Lugh: I like that trick with the GMPC! :)

By: Lugh

Lugh — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:02:08 +0000

Another really nice thing to do with NPC followers is to kill them.

If your players don’t treat them as people, then use them to play up the lethality of their environment. Adventuring is a dangerous business, but PCs seem to die very rarely. Slaughter your NPCs, especially in graphic, fear-inducing ways.

I also read a neat bit a while back about a twist on the “GMPC.” It was a Feng Shui-type game, and the PCs ended up outmatched in a fight. So, the GM introduced a bad-ass ninja woman (no word on whether she was lesbian or a stripper), who single-handedly mopped up the bad guys. The next session, though, this mountain of a man shows up. The players all sit back, waiting for the GMPC to posture and save the day. Instead, the mountain picks up the ninja lady and breaks her in two. Needless to say, the PCs ran like hell, then spent several sessions trying to figure out how to stay alive with this guy tracking them…