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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 8570930" data-attributes="member: 463">A picture and a couple of evocative lines about their personality & goals. I can riff off that to make a cool character. When I make NPCs I typically start with a picture, worth a thousand words indeed.I used to want stat blocks but nowadays I'm ok making my own as necessary. I think they can still be useful to get the author to think of the NPC as 'a person' rather than just 'a quest hub'.Edit: Here are a couple time travelling NPCs for my D6 (Mini Six) System Primeval Thule campaign, the personalities are adapted from a published GDW 'Space 1889' adventure. The stats are adapted Mini Six generic stat blocks for 'mad scientist' and 'femme fatale'. This is about the level I like best. Note they both have pictures and 4-5 lines of description.PROFESSOR OTTO STRABISMÄS is a scientific crank—a maverick who does not believe in the ether. Instead he supports a crackpot theory called "wave particle duality," which is obvious nonsense to anyone with any vestige of scientific knowledge (the theory was totally disproven by recent experiments carried out by a pair of American scientists). Despite his eccentricity, Strabismäs is very well informed on temporal theory and technology, and has 10D knowledge of the topic. A typical comment: "They all laughed at me at Heidelberg."NPC Type: Mad Scientist. Might: 2D+2 Wit: 4D Agility: 3D Charm: 2D+1 Skills: Dodge 5D, Repair 6D, Science 7D (10D Temporal) Complication: Crazy. Static: Dodge 15, Block 8, Parry 8, Soak 8weapon: .38 revolver (no bullets) ATT 3D dam: 3D+2 (SA: penetration - target Soak is halved).Hero Points: 3[ATTACH=full]153254[/ATTACH]Miss MATILDA VAN CLEEF (real name Alice Simms) is a friend of the rich and famous. Currently she lacks a male companion, but is always on the lookout for a suitable friend. An octogenarian millionaire would do nicely. Some would say she was a cunning gold digger with the morals of a fairly rapacious alligator. Diamonds are a girl's best friend, but money or a Patent over time travel can be useful, too...NPC Type: Adventuress/Dame in Distress. Might: 1D+2 Wit: 3D+1Agility: 3D Charm: 4D. Skills: Brawling 2D+2, Dodge 5D, Seduce 7D+1 Language 4D+1Gear: Compact mirror, hair pin, lip stick. Whalebone Corset +1 soak -1 dodge & stealth.Static: Dodge 15/14, Block 8, Parry 5, Soak 5/6 (corset)Hero Points: 2 <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-58KCLFoWNlE/XzENfNlPHyI/AAAAAAAAQFI/zQoiRPUtMF4X-XZNd0ovlI61vbR2rf2UgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Miss%2BMatilda%2BVan%2BCleef.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-58KCLFoWNlE/XzENfNlPHyI/AAAAAAAAQFI/zQoiRPUtMF4X-XZNd0ovlI61vbR2rf2UgCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/Miss%2BMatilda%2BVan%2BCleef.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></td></tr><tr><td>Miss Matilda Van Cleef </td></tr></table> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></table> </blockquote>

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