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Posted by: Cang Jan 4 2006, 01:38 AM

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Backstory: One of the games I am currently running is a D&D campaign, and I was becoming increasingly frustrated with how much time it took to write up NPCs - it often took more time than designing the entire rest of the adventure! Thinking that I was not the only GM who had this problem, I set up the http://d20npcs.wikicities.com/wiki/Main_Page, a central repository where d20 GMs can submit their own NPC creations (without even needing an account - all that's required is some knowledge of the basic Wiki formatting rules!) and in turn use the creations of others.

And it has grown very nicely indeed since I founded it earlier this months - it has more than 200 entries already! This gave me the idea of expanding the basic concept to other game systems - such as Shadowrun. While, sadly, I am not involved in a Shadowrun campaign right now, I have been involved with Shadowrun since 1st edition, and I remember wishing that it took me less time to write up NPCs.

Thus I have set up a http://shadowrunnpcs.wikicities.com/wiki/Main_Page as well - if enough people contribute, it can save game masters using it a lot of time during adventure preparation. I've made a start - I have submitted a http://shadowrunnpcs.wikicities.com/wiki/Human_Security_Guard]Human Security Guard://http://shadowrunnpcs.wikicities.com... Security Guard to show the basic formatting - but I hope more contribution will follow...

Your thoughts?

I thought this should be here. I am willing to help add NPCs to the wiki, if you post them here or pm them to me. I already posted 6 and think this is a good idea.

Posted by: Mr.Platinum Jan 4 2006, 01:29 PM

what does WIKI really stand for? or what does it mean, this is a new net term? or old i just am not aware of?

Posted by: Nyxll Jan 4 2006, 02:37 PM

http://webopedia.com/TERM/w/wiki.html

defines it as

(n.) A collaborative Web site comprises the perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site using a browser interface, including the work of previous authors. In contrast, a blog, typically authored by an individual, does not allow visitors to change the original posted material, only add comments to the original content.

The term wiki refers to either the Web site or the software used to create the site.

Wiki wiki means “quick” in Hawaiian. The first wiki was created by Ward Cunnigham in 1995.

Posted by: Mr.Platinum Jan 4 2006, 05:10 PM

Jeesh i guesse i should of just looked it up my self, well thank you anyways.

Posted by: craigpierce Jan 4 2006, 10:53 PM

this is a good idea - i only wish i had some NPCs to upload

Posted by: Cang Jan 6 2006, 01:56 AM

14 4thed npcs up . More to come.

Posted by: warrior_allanon Jan 6 2006, 02:11 AM

hey, wheres the other two i sent, i see ash, what happened to Largo and Wolfgar

Posted by: Cang Jan 6 2006, 09:00 AM

im working on it... should get it done this weekend

Posted by: Cang Feb 3 2006, 07:57 PM

I have been really busy, but i should be adding about 6 or 7 new npcs on the site this weekend. Come check it out.