Tam Fletcher: A Mandolin Playing Fighter From ULTIMATE NPCS: SKULDUGGERY

I mentioned (and shared a preview of) Nord Games' Ultimate NPCs: Skulduggery Kickstarter a couple of weeks ago. It's now in its final days, and they've sent along another preview from the 200-page book crammed with useful 5E NPCs. This is Tam Fletcher, a mandolin-playing fighter. Each NPC is included in the book at levels 1, 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20.

​

The Kickstarter is already 400% funded, with 3 days to go. You can get a PDF for $15, a softcover for $20, or a hardcover for $35. The books are available for D&D 5E, Pathfinder, and Swords & Wizardry.

 

[Nord Games]

Thanks Cam! We are very proud of it. I'm actually fine tuning all the stat blocks for Generic NPCs (which were unlocked with a stretch goal) and I absolutely love thinking about how I'm going to be using these various NPCs in my Wednesday night game!

-Chris

 

[mach1.9pants]

I was not sure about this Kickstarter, but this purview had knocked me over the edge. Great stuff!

 

[Zarithar]

Hi Guys,

To Colin's point - we felt that instruments shouldn't be limited to Bards. As much as Tam may beg to differ, a Mandolin does not make you magical.

-Chris & Ralph

Thus the Entertainer background in the PHB. This is called thinking outside the box and I heartily approve. A warrior can also have the scholar background for example, which is equally awesome.

I'm a backer and can't wait to get my hands on this book!

 

[EthanSental]

I'll be picking this up and heading to Kickstarter now. Thanks for the post Morrus to keep us in the know.
Edit - backed!
One of the best books from the PF RPG to me was the NPC Codex....so this one, unlike a bestiary 5, has plenty of uses!

 

[Queer Venger]

The fact that "Weapons, Armor & Items" is shown on both pages, and are not even the same, concerns me a little. Is this another one of those 3PP books that could have really used a good editor?

Why wouldn't I? As a DM, if I print an npc stat page why would I have to print multiple pages for same info?

 

[slightlyprime]

looks great, very excited

 

[bmcdaniel]

I'm actually disappointed. Mechanically, in 5e NPCs are/can be different than PCs. NPCs abilities are often streamlined and they can have access to abilities that PCs don't have. I would have joined a kickstarter full of different NPC stat blocks that are different than PC stat blocks, but there's nothing here mechanically that I can create in 10 minutes on my own.

 

[dave2008]

I'm actually disappointed. Mechanically, in 5e NPCs are/can be different than PCs. NPCs abilities are often streamlined and they can have access to abilities that PCs don't have. I would have joined a kickstarter full of different NPC stat blocks that are different than PC stat blocks, but there's nothing here mechanically that I can create in 10 minutes on my own.

I think that is what your getting with the generic NPCs that were added as a stretch goal (and unlocked).

Personally as a DM this is much more useful to me since I never create PCs and it would take me a long time to do so. I can create a generic NPC in no time, but one with a story and PC mechanics would probably take me an hour or more. So this would be very useful.

 

[THEMNGMNT]

Well, I did it. I wasn't going to. But I did. I suck at coming up with well-rounded NPCs. Hopefully this will up my game.

 

[Nord Games]

Thank you for backing the project! This will be one of your go to books for building even more exciting and flavorful adventures!

-Chris