Dragongirl
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Who is your favorite female NPC and why? Either from published materials or homebrew.
Favorite Female NPC
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Crothian
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Karen, human healer. She didn't use magic, she used natural herbs and time. She was demanding and caring. See knew what people needed to do to get well without the use of magic, and she knew how to make sure they followed her directions. She was introduced at the start of one campaign and was an NPC for that one and the following one. In the second campaign she was in, one of the players actually made up her grandson.
I know I'm not going to be able to describe on these boards how much and why I enjoyed her. There was a passion for life That she was played with that can only be experienced.
I know I'm not going to be able to describe on these boards how much and why I enjoyed her. There was a passion for life That she was played with that can only be experienced.
Larry Fitz
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Ma Paedrial
Ma Paedrial is a High Priestess of the God of Undeath and Disease, she's also the mother of two of the PC's (both "good" characters who had no idea Ma was so evil). She raised her boys to believe in religous tolerance and to not judge others beliefs too harshly. When the boys' pet passed away unexpectedly she raised it as an undead and did not tell them till they found out years later that she was evil. She has killed other PC's and raised them as Undead, she has sent a squad of undead thugs to watch over her boys when a rival was inundating the town with Undead on a rampage. She is a wonderful amalgam of motherhood and depravity.
Ma Paedrial is a High Priestess of the God of Undeath and Disease, she's also the mother of two of the PC's (both "good" characters who had no idea Ma was so evil). She raised her boys to believe in religous tolerance and to not judge others beliefs too harshly. When the boys' pet passed away unexpectedly she raised it as an undead and did not tell them till they found out years later that she was evil. She has killed other PC's and raised them as Undead, she has sent a squad of undead thugs to watch over her boys when a rival was inundating the town with Undead on a rampage. She is a wonderful amalgam of motherhood and depravity.
Jürgen Hubert
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Seargent Sparrow, from Deep Beyond.
Although "female" might be arguable in "her" case. Certainly, she views herself as one - but how can you be sure with an AI?
Although "female" might be arguable in "her" case. Certainly, she views herself as one - but how can you be sure with an AI?
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Published Fiction:
Eowyn from Lord of the Rings.
Any of the Seven Sisters. I loved the concept of the Seven Sisters, though I can't stand Greenwood's adolescent way of bringing them to literal life. Reading Ed Greenwood's depiction of female characters drives me nuts.
My personal campaigns:
The Spidermoon Sisters: Identical drow twin sisters who worship Eilistraae. They are great fun to run as a DM. They are constantly bantering to each other and finishing each other's thoughts.
Kayna Brightmorn: My half-celestial female paladin/cleric of Lathander. She is a bastion of goodness and purity. Her father is a solar who is imprisoned in the Abyss. Her mother is a cleric of Lathander who was murdered when she was a little girl by the same demon lord who imprisoned her father. The background is far more in depth, but she is very fun to play.
Holly Windstrider: A female cleric of Shaundakul who travels about the realms doing good deeds in the name of the "The Windrider". She is the sweet, innocent girl out to live life to the fullest and do as much as good as she can before passing into the great beyond. And, I enjoy the imagery associated with a tiny dark-skinned girl of Turmish descent cutting down big, strong enemy men with her huge Greatsword. It makes me laugh everytime she gets mad.
Published Fiction:
Eowyn from Lord of the Rings.
Any of the Seven Sisters. I loved the concept of the Seven Sisters, though I can't stand Greenwood's adolescent way of bringing them to literal life. Reading Ed Greenwood's depiction of female characters drives me nuts.
My personal campaigns:
The Spidermoon Sisters: Identical drow twin sisters who worship Eilistraae. They are great fun to run as a DM. They are constantly bantering to each other and finishing each other's thoughts.
Kayna Brightmorn: My half-celestial female paladin/cleric of Lathander. She is a bastion of goodness and purity. Her father is a solar who is imprisoned in the Abyss. Her mother is a cleric of Lathander who was murdered when she was a little girl by the same demon lord who imprisoned her father. The background is far more in depth, but she is very fun to play.
Holly Windstrider: A female cleric of Shaundakul who travels about the realms doing good deeds in the name of the "The Windrider". She is the sweet, innocent girl out to live life to the fullest and do as much as good as she can before passing into the great beyond. And, I enjoy the imagery associated with a tiny dark-skinned girl of Turmish descent cutting down big, strong enemy men with her huge Greatsword. It makes me laugh everytime she gets mad.
Ashrum the Black
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Alexia from the Iron Kingdoms modules by Privateer Press. Admittidly part of the fun was the role playing we did with her. But there's just something to be said for a high level sorceress with six souls trapped in her body, one of which was her own mother. 
Of course when she stood up to the feamle party fighter and told her to grow up (Alexia's 17 and the fighters in her twenties) it was priceless. The fighter had a problem with the party mage trying to learn how to create thralls (a type of undead) from Alexia. More appropriately she was jealous the mage was paying attention to the pretty young sorceress that had tried to kill them all on multiple occasions instead of the buff fighter type that had been flirting with him since he'd joined the group. Man, sexual tension can be fun if it's role played well!
The fact that Alexia is normally to powerful for the fighter to take on by herself doesn't lend her to cutting the fighter much slack either. She has no porblems levitating her in the air for an hour or so to "think about the idiocy of that last comment". The mage think the whole thing is a blast!
I've got to say that I can't say enough great things about the Privateer Press products. I've been darn impressed with each product and they just keep getting better and better. If you haven't yet, you owe it to yourself to check out their monster book, the monsternomican. One word. Wow.
End sales pitch.
Of course when she stood up to the feamle party fighter and told her to grow up (Alexia's 17 and the fighters in her twenties) it was priceless. The fighter had a problem with the party mage trying to learn how to create thralls (a type of undead) from Alexia. More appropriately she was jealous the mage was paying attention to the pretty young sorceress that had tried to kill them all on multiple occasions instead of the buff fighter type that had been flirting with him since he'd joined the group. Man, sexual tension can be fun if it's role played well!
The fact that Alexia is normally to powerful for the fighter to take on by herself doesn't lend her to cutting the fighter much slack either. She has no porblems levitating her in the air for an hour or so to "think about the idiocy of that last comment". The mage think the whole thing is a blast!
I've got to say that I can't say enough great things about the Privateer Press products. I've been darn impressed with each product and they just keep getting better and better. If you haven't yet, you owe it to yourself to check out their monster book, the monsternomican. One word. Wow.
End sales pitch.
Dragongirl
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Bump....awwww come on, I want to know what people like about female NPCs.
TroyXavier
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That's easy. My mute female Rogue Zhanna is not only my favorite female NPC, she's my favorite NPC of all. It's always fun having her try to communicate with the majority of parties(she does know sign language). Despite her handicap, she was quite talented and succesful.
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