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<blockquote data-quote="Aegir" data-source="post: 3554112" data-attributes="member: 52089"><p>I usually create generic physical descriptions and personalities, alongside a list of names, and just grab a pair to match up when I need an NPC. Sometimes a site will have an NPCs name built in ("I'll head over to Rothgar's armory" for example), but its not like its difficult to grab a name from a list o' names if you have a dozen or so assembled ahead of time.</p><p></p><p>Once they're in play I'll usually spend a bit of time between sessions constructing a hook or two associated with them ("He's the son of the former captain of the guard"), but otherwise, NPCs are usually the easiest thing for me, at least in play.</p><p></p><p>As for how I store them, usually just on my computer. The generics I'll store in their own file, and once they have a place, either in their own file, or in the file of their respective city/location, depending on their importance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aegir, post: 3554112, member: 52089"] I usually create generic physical descriptions and personalities, alongside a list of names, and just grab a pair to match up when I need an NPC. Sometimes a site will have an NPCs name built in ("I'll head over to Rothgar's armory" for example), but its not like its difficult to grab a name from a list o' names if you have a dozen or so assembled ahead of time. Once they're in play I'll usually spend a bit of time between sessions constructing a hook or two associated with them ("He's the son of the former captain of the guard"), but otherwise, NPCs are usually the easiest thing for me, at least in play. As for how I store them, usually just on my computer. The generics I'll store in their own file, and once they have a place, either in their own file, or in the file of their respective city/location, depending on their importance. [/QUOTE]
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