101 NPC Traits

[der_kluge]

You know the routine...


1 Walks with a limp
2 Has a lisp
3 Uses really bad grammar
4 Has a strange foreign accent
5 Has a twitch
6 Spits a lot when talking
7 Aloof and stand-offish
8 Fixation on members of the opposite sex
9 Has a southern accent
10 Uses a lot of metaphors


this might have been done before. I'd be interested in any links if anyone has a previous thread such as this bookmarked.

 

[diaglo]

11. stttttttuuuuuttttters
12. forgets what he is typing...reading.. saying

 

[Maerdwyn]

13. Can't abide children
14. Presence spooks animals inexplicably
15. Makes bets about just about everything

 

[MonsterMash]

16. Talks just like your DM putting on a silly accent
17. Chronic BO
18. Hunchbacked/Crippled/one legged

 

[WayneLigon]

19. Is boinking your old boy/girlfriend
20. Owes you money
21. has a strange tattoo under her eye
22. hates horses
23. hates adventurers because her son was one and he got killed
24. is jealous of the PC's looks/wealth/power/spellbook
25. wears only red clothing because a priest told him to
26. is pious to a fault (this can be very dangerous if part of his religion is 'eats hearts of children')
27. makes sketches of people he sees
28. tells stories to children
29. drinks himself unconscious every night
30. scouts the beach for shells and nicknacks to sell
31. kicks dogs
32. fears cats

 

[der_kluge]

33. Narcoleptic - falls asleep randomly for various durations.
34. Kleptomaniac - always stealing stuff (may or may not be good at it!)
35. Verbally abusive and insulting to those of "lesser station"

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

36. Always talks in rhymes
37. clears throat an awful lot
38. Is always scratching
39. Is always pulling on his beard / mustache / eyebrows
40. Sneezes a lot and loudly

AR

 

[Tonguez]

41. is constantly scratching his large (and exposed) belly
42. hocks up phlegm in the middle of conversation
43. Farts loudly at inapproproaite times
44. rolls his eyes a slobbers at the mention of girls
(oh well thats uncle Joe)

45. is melodramatic
46. doesn't like germs/dirt
47. is downright rude to people she considers dirty
(aunty Kath)

48. constantly making sexual induendos
49. uses bad puns
50. Flirts alot
(thats me)

 

[Saeviomagy]

51. Loudly exhales in the middle of sentences:"I think that heeehhheehh we should perhaps hehhehehhh go this way".

 

[MarauderX]

52. Only does things in threes or multiples thereof.
53. Has a facial tic.
54. Has no sense of humor despite puns & jokes.
55. Strokes a lucky rabbit's foot or other charm constantly.
56. Has a fear of leaving the city/country.
57. Speaks v e r y s l o w l y.
58. Is a voyeur/stalker.
59. Always wears a hat... perhaps a silver one... y'know, to prevent the aliens from scrying him...