Inspired by a Fear the Boot episode on PC and NPC relationships I decided to make a small change to my Alder King campaign. We’re using new level 1 characters or low-level henchmen from the PCs respective entourages (Entourage Approach for the win!) to explore the Caves of Thracia. I decided that the careful archeologist who has sent them to the site also sponsored a camp team: A guard, a cook, an assistant, a scout, and a priest.
These guys will stay topside, their camp will need defending, they will bake fresh bread, they will offer the possibility for relationships, and if the players aren’t interested, they’ll have relations amongst themselves. If PCs interact with the NPCs, there will be more information to be learnt. It won’t necessarily be useful info, but it’ll be entertaining and help to provide emotional attachment and immersion.
I’m also trying to provide a little point of light, since almost all other NPCs in the campaign have been selfish and untrustworthy.
Already one PC who decided to help the cook discovered that the cook was mediocre but knew how to cast *Prestidigitation* to improve the taste of his cooking. 😄
#RPG
(Please contact me if you want to remove your comment.)
⁂
One of the joys of low-level gaming is the addition of colorful helper NPCs like these. In the last PBP game I ran, the favorite was the loud-mouth cook who ended up being a Nazi spy.
– mthomas768 2010-04-07 13:26 UTC