Gamemaster's Guidepost: The Art of Making NPCs (Patreon)

"It's more an art than a science" is one of those phrases you need to beware because it is much beloved by bullsh*t artists the wide-world round. But sometimes it really does apply and this is one of those times. Making NPCs for your campaign is like a balancing act using someone else's hands and your eyes while blindfolded. No matter how good a GM you are you're never going to be 100% correct in guessing what NPCs your players are going to be interested in interacting with. You just *can't.* Unless you're playing a Choose Your Own Adventure that is. So what do you do as a GM? You model the lords of Slack and be *lazy.* That's right. I said it. While you're waiting to pick your jaws up off the floor go check out my blog post on how to make NPCs for your campaign and still keep up the creative steam to actually run the blessed game. http://www.ravensnpennies.com/2015/02/gamemasters-guidepost-art-of-making-npcs.html#.VM5mWmjF_Cs