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Places you should add to your little town/city in your fantasy world!!
Post offices. Wild, I know. But give me the unhinged kind. Pingeons and little postal dragons all over the place. You enter. The most disgusting smell fucking assaults your nostrils. You know what it is. Letter in hand, you go up to the counter. The postal worker is just a slightly bigger pigeon. You shed a tear.
PLAYGROUNDS!! Create the most dangerous kinds of playgrounds, the ones suburban moms would TRIP if they ever saw one. Monkey bars that are way too tall, swings that go full circle... The metal slide stays the same, it's already painful enough.
PARKS!! MAKE IT ALIVE!! Show people going on walks, reading beneath trees. C'mon most of them are already hundred years old (And are going to die after that CR 15 creature wrecks the town) anyways!! Show couples and picnics, show a family enjoying the sunday, give me someone picking flowers for their loved ones.
A bakery! Do you know how much these places are underrated? And do you know how much plot potential they have? Every good story starts with food poisoning or granny's recipe! Give me a place your players/readers are going to treat like home and, for once, it's not a tavern or a guild.
Government buildings! Give me a town hall that has a kilometric line in front of it. Give me a registry that is as old as this town. Give me police stations! Give me courtrooms! Make one of your players get arrested and now all of the party has to go through burocracy like a bunch of normal people!
(Who am I kidding? You don't need to make them get arrested. They are going to do that for you.)
Touristic attractions! Give me a full-on statue of the country's leader! Give me museums! Give me streets, ruins and whatnot that attract thousands of tourists everyday! Give me an annoying city guide that tries to get the party's attention everytime!
Magazine stands! Magazines don't exist? Newspaper stands! From the Queen's Journal to the most questionable new piece of Fox's Tailtracker, you have it all! Make your players doubt what's actually happening, sprinkle a little fake news... Or is it fake at all?
...Toy stores. OK HEAR ME OUT. Make magic toys; miniature skyships that actually fly, metal toy dragons that expel fire, little wands that make little light spells, wooden creatures that can move and make noises... Make children happy! And your players too because they will waste their money on these stuff.
Instrument store!! Make your bards happy with special instruments or just weird ones! Give me a battle in one of those that is just filled with funny noises and the worst battle soundtrack ever!!
Not exactly a place but... Cleaning carts!!! Show me people cleaning the streets, picking up the trash, cutting trees!! Make the town look clean!! Give me an old man that is really proud of his work!!!
(or ways to make your players feel even worse when the villain destroys the town later on :) )
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A pair of lawyers who are an Aasimar and a Tiefling; Psalm and Somn Attorneys at Law.
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this isn’t really a post about an npc, but I’ve been thinking about repurposing a character I made for a campaign into an npc.
The idea around this character was that he was a con-artist (his class was slide) who got excised from the red sashes, and is just trying to make enough money to survive. One of the things I gave him as a con was something called Ghost Coin where he would hand off a bottled spirit to someone for coin, this is quite obviously a scam, and if all goes well he doesn’t have to worry about them coming back.
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Village/town full of people all named variations of Benedict Cumberbatch
E.g. Bendybumble Cumbledump, Bunsen Burner Crundlebitch
#writing#writing prompt#writing prompts#character prompt#character prompts#fantasy writing prompt#fantasy#npc ideas#benedict cumberbatch
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Halfling blacksmith adopts a Half Orc and raises them in Metalworking so they could inherit the shop when they are old enough, only for the Half-Orc to be extremely gifted at making cool sculptures.
#dungeons and dragons#npc ideas#character idea#just a random thought imma use in my campaign feel free to use
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A Fey Patron covered in these that speaks through them and collects voices, words, and phrases in exchange for favors and pacts
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Welcome to the continent of Rilinhe !
A beautiful continent of mountains, clean rivers and lush forest. Consisting of the following towns :
Girrit- A decently sized agricultural town mainly focused on the growth and trade of their famous grains. Legend has it the heroes who tasted the bread made from their town would always come back successful in their ventures.
Lilethrius- A small wooded town focused on animal goods. Primarily populated by wood elves. The town is almost shrouded in mystery. As the residents are quiet and reclusive people the only thing known about the town from outsiders of the continent is their bovine meet is the fattiest and juiciest around. When approached by outsiders residents will answer any prying questions curtly and vaguely. Travelers not of the elf race will have a hard time spotting it, even on maps.
E’shil- The largest town of the continent. Illuminated by beautiful magic. Extremely we’ll known for its casinos. Legend has it, E’shil was founded by a dragon, who created the casinos as a way of gathering an immemse hoard. With its plan seemingly working, it occasionally chooses random patrons to receive portions of it hoard, in the form of jackpots. Many of the continents richest people live in the town. However entering the town will cost a heavy fee as an offering to the legends dragon.
Orosed- The second largest of the towns. A mining town built on the side of a mountain. Lush green fields sprawl out to the distance. It’s most famous exports is obsidian. A large cave sits atop the highest peak of the mountain. The supposedly the dragon of E’shil lives in there and keeps watch over the continent from afar. Brave adventurers are not suggested to venture in there as the dragon of legend is a gold dragon. Sleeping under his hoard he camouflages himself to attack adventurers who wrongly take his treasure.
Possible npcs:
Alaion Yesvalur - Wood elf , true neutral. Tends to the bovines in the far off pastures of Lilethrius. Suggested to have them drop subtle lore hints or foreshadowing.
Houkkig Opaltank- Mountain Dwarf, lawful neutral. Guides the party through the mines. While on the venture he warns the party of the dragon, if questioned about it have him shrug it off and mislead the party by saying the dragon may not be real. “If ya ask me the dragons just a myth to keep the money flowing to the elites. Frankly disgusts me.” He will then nervously look to the side.
Idat- Human guard of the largest casino of E’shil, lawful good. Collects the entrance fee at the city gate. He will be curt and abrasive but means well. Will turn the other eye if he catches a party member stealing. But will say to them quietly. “ The dragon knows what belongs to him.”
Credits:
Art: Dream AI art app
Story and town ideas: Me and ~TechSSheep
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Rosaline Hart. An aasimar whose celestial heritage is marked by their unicorn horn and silvery hair, tail and hooves.
They are often admired for their appearance, and as such have become vain and self-important.
If they are a levelled npc, at 3rd level they take up the fallen aasimar trait and their looks take on that of a nightmare. A streak of orange running through their hair now.
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Lady Morwenna
Lit version of this post, ended up liking this version too.
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#procreate art#dungeons and dragons#fantasy art#dnd art#world of vos#dnd5e#d&d art#d&d 5e#dnd half elf#half elf bard#half elf#bard#dnd bard#bard stuff#npc art#npc ideas
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conceptual blocking-in for some Shaped Guys
NPC's for a campaign im writing, very Journey inspired
then i coloured em in and made em glowy
#dnd#d&d#dnd 5e#d&d 5e#dungeons and dragons#dungeons and dragons 5e#5e#dice goblin#my art#dm#the dm#dungeon master#dnd comic#character art#dnd character#journey#journey game#dnd npcs#npc ideas#thatgamecompany#journey fanart
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Dumb NPC ideas to use when your players decide to explore that town you didn't prepare anything for
A scholar that is clearly lost, however you're not sure how he is someone important at all. It even looks like he's glad that he didn't manage to arrive at the event on time.
An old lady (of a race that has a long lifespan), that knows a little way to much about the party's adventure... She doesn't spends much time talking about it though, do you want to buy her pots?
A kid. Just a kid. Make them annoying.
A knight that is very proud about their job and duty, but they just want their shift to end so they can go home to their wife.
A merchant that has a cart in the middle of the fair, however everytime the party goes to another shop or stand he pops up from behind the counter. Turns out the town doesn't receive many merchants so he has to supply all of their needs. He's stressed.
A teen dragon that discovered how to transform into a human, problem is they definitely look 30 but they still are just a teenager, and a moody one.
A shop owner that fucking hates commerce. She's in it because of her family, so she tries to sell the goodies pratically for free and she really wants you to take all of her items. The catch? It's a feather shop. Not magic feathers, not pens, just normal feathers. Probably from a bird that died that morning.
A janitor from a library or big shop that is just too aware of everything. Like, they point out the players class or race without barely batting an eye. They comment on how they "had never seen a chaotic good one in real life". And indirectly disses the players choices they made 2 sessions ago? (Basically a character for the dm to rant a little while not completely breaking the 4th wall)
A woman in her mid-40s (or the equivalent) that is just really excited to meet the party? Her dream was to be an adventurer when she was little so she is definitely asking some weird questions.
A blacksmith that makes weapons purely for the aesthetic. He really doesn't care if it's functional or not, he's just doing cause it looks cool.
A bard that got kicked out of their band or caravan. At first you don't know why but after their 3rd performance of a one-person musical you get it. He wants to stick with the party though. Good luck.
A doggie!! It's cute!! And fluffy!! And it talks!! And it talks? A DOG THAT TALKS!!!!
The most ripped person the party has ever met, they have tons of skulls of big animals on their shoulder. They polish them. They hang them on a wall and start to take notes. They are an archeologist.
A magician that is really not magic at all, he's just so good at card tricks that the town thinks he's a sorcerer. He's freaking out.
A girl that is immune to all kinds of poison, however that is making a little bit hard for her to pursue her cooking career. Apparently poison ivy is not a good seasoning for most people.
An artist that is just really calm and friendly but everyone's afraid of them. The party has no idea why.
#dnd5e#dnd homebrew#dnd npc#dungeons and dragons#npc ideas#dungeon master#game master#rpg campaign#campaign#ttrpg#roleplay#psa you can change their genders!!!#session preparation#critical role
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Alright, (potentially horrible) Idea for a campaign. The Video Game Main Character Campaign! The campaign takes place in a world where recently a world ending catastrophe was stopped by a legendary hero, a "chosen one" if you will. The party is then hired by said hero for some random quest. What follow is a classic case of a small dungeon quest with an annoying OP DMPC who seems to strangely know everything about that previously undiscovered dungeon. At the end of the dungeon the OP DMPC will do something that causes a conflict with the party and will then TPK them.
After this time turns back to moments before they first met the DMPC, which again, tries to hire them. The party will be confused, if they refuse the offer, they'll go on about their life, doing quest and stuff but every now and then they'll be back at a previous place and time. They'll realize that the OP DMPC as basically "save and load" powers, which they've used to become an hero and also to do evil things with no consequences. But they've abused of it so much that reality is beginning to break down so the party as to defeat them.
I haven't thought of a reason why the party can also remember the saves, maybe they touched something (like if the powers of the BBEG come from an artefact and the party had direct contact with it or something similar in the first dungeon) or maybe the gods gave the BBEG their powers and their like "Naah that ain't gonna do anymore" and so decided to give the party a chance at defeating them.
#dnd ideas#dnd idea#npc ideas#bad ttrpg idea#bad dnd ideas#ttrpg stuff#ttrpg ideas#ttrpg idea#dnd 5e#dnd#this as probably been done before
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I had a goblin crime boss npc that never ended up appearing in the game. He was your classic mob boss, black suit, fake Italian accent and all. But you may ask where’d he get his aesthetic from if he’s in your classic fantasy world? He got it from an event experienced while he was still a mere child. He was subject to a 1 in a billion cosmic mishap which caused him to slip through dimensions for a couple hours. This space time slip landed this small goblin in a movie theatre showing a gangster movie marathon, viewing these permanently changed this small child into the feared crime overload Gob Boss.
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Mandalorian Sith
I'm not elaborating.
#star wars#star wars au#star wars oc#Mandalorian Jedi oc#mandalorian oc#jedi oc#sith oc#oc idea#wip#npc ideas#random#just for fun#fallen jedi#dark jedi#idk
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