How To Maximise Your NPCs as a Game Master

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You have 100s of NPCs but how do we make the most of them in your tabletop roleplaying game? We focus on 3 core aspects, the function, their description and their goals but touch on why images of NPCs are important and also why keeping track of all these NPCs you introduce into your TTRPG is Critical!

00:00 Intro
00:50 Endless Dice!
01:33 NPCs
01:58 Using Visual Support
03:10 Function / Types of the NPC
04:30 Description of a NPC
05:46 The Goal of a NPC
06:20 Image vs Description
07:19 How to Display Images
08:32 Keeping Track (Record Keeping)
09:19 Too Much Information!
09:41 Presenting Your Image
10:26 Why Start Using Images
11:04 DICE!

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