 How sympathetic are you to your NPC's? |
 May 10 2006, 03:00 PM
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The discussion about Humanis being punching bags/having a reasonable amount of bitterness convinced me to do this. What do you do to make your NPC's, villains even, sympathetic, and where do you draw the line? Mob bosses? Insect shamans? Senor Oscuro?
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emo samurai How sympathetic are you to your NPC's? May 10 2006, 03:00 PM
eralston Bug Shamans, Corrupted-types, Blood Shamans...basi... May 10 2006, 05:49 PM SL James “When you write about somebody you hate, write abo... May 10 2006, 05:54 PM emo samurai What if it's a blood mage? May 10 2006, 06:01 PM eralston I think the heart of that statement would be just ... May 10 2006, 06:02 PM emo samurai Any really monolithic evils will be rare in my gam... May 10 2006, 06:04 PM stevebugge In order to be sympathetic an NPC has to be somewh... May 10 2006, 06:05 PM nezumi Good topic, emo (although that might be because I ... May 10 2006, 06:06 PM emo samurai What about the (FanGirl don't read) MCT execut... May 10 2006, 06:10 PM SL James QUOTE (emo samurai) What if it's a blood mage?... May 10 2006, 06:20 PM stevebugge QUOTE (emo samurai) What about the (FanGirl don... May 10 2006, 06:28 PM emo samurai Dude, he's not Tybalt-esque. He just wants rev... May 10 2006, 06:30 PM stevebugge No that would be more like Mercutio, Tybalt was mo... May 10 2006, 06:45 PM Kremlin KOA I usually keep my NPCs in a box between essionsand... May 10 2006, 06:51 PM emo samurai Okay, you don't seem to know the backstory for... May 10 2006, 06:54 PM Laser Yeah, power-abusive executives get all the sympath... May 10 2006, 07:28 PM nezumi Yes, I would sympathise with him. Basically, unle... May 10 2006, 08:03 PM Voran I think that if you want to make a NPC sympathetic... May 10 2006, 08:32 PM hyzmarca RPG characters are very much like television, lite... May 10 2006, 09:05 PM nezumi That's very true, and it's a problem I... May 10 2006, 09:06 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (emo samurai) He just wants revenge because ... May 10 2006, 09:15 PM nezumi I recollect when I was running The Other Game and ... May 10 2006, 09:44 PM Voran That's a good idea as well. Granted, it only ... May 10 2006, 10:45 PM Kanada Ten QUOTE (nezumi) And so the deal is sealed. Your re... May 10 2006, 11:08 PM Wounded Ronin Well, I just started reading the Harry Potter book... May 10 2006, 11:27 PM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (nezumi) I recollect when I was running The ... May 10 2006, 11:32 PM mfb i don't sympathize with all of my NPCs, or eve... May 11 2006, 12:01 AM PeanutGallery I don't know if this is along the same lines, ... May 11 2006, 01:00 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (PeanutGallery) I don't know if this is ... May 11 2006, 01:12 AM PeanutGallery QUOTE (Wounded Ronin) You don't feel that havi... May 11 2006, 05:52 AM Laser Actually... depending on the personalities of your... May 11 2006, 09:25 AM nezumi I've gotten good enough that I don't produ... May 11 2006, 02:43 PM Sean Bad @Wounded Ronin: If you like Draco Malfoy now, just... May 12 2006, 12:21 AM Glyph I think I am similar to mfb. I am not going to be... May 13 2006, 08:54 PM Calvin Hobbes I'm not sure that Draco is sympathetic in Half... May 14 2006, 08:40 AM Kagetenshi And that isn't sympathetic? Excuse me, Mr. Übe... May 14 2006, 02:01 PM Dog When it comes to fleshing out NPC's, the key t... May 14 2006, 02:38 PM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (PeanutGallery @ May 11 2006, 12:52 AM)... May 15 2006, 12:09 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (Kagetenshi) And that isn't sympathetic?... May 15 2006, 12:15 AM emo samurai The problem with him is that he sees no alternativ... May 15 2006, 06:24 AM Kagetenshi Yep, sympathy.
~J May 15 2006, 12:38 PM SL James Only attempted? Lightweight.
Yeah, definitely sym... May 15 2006, 02:46 PM DeadNeon I don't make all my NPC's sympathetic. Ge... May 15 2006, 03:13 PM emo samurai He doesn't need to be sympathetic in order to ... May 15 2006, 05:46 PM mfb empathy, at least. no sympathy, from me--i don... May 15 2006, 07:13 PM SL James Yeah, well.
It's not that I sell them as symp... May 15 2006, 08:51 PM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (emo samurai) The problem with him is that h... May 16 2006, 12:39 AM emo samurai Huh? May 16 2006, 01:11 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (emo samurai) Huh?
Let me put it this wa... May 16 2006, 01:20 AM emo samurai What would that be? [/spoiler] it. May 16 2006, 07:42 AM mfb he gets wasted by IC. oh no i gave it away! May 16 2006, 07:45 AM emo samurai Then gets turned into a force bajillion blood spir... May 16 2006, 07:47 AM hyzmarca QUOTE (emo samurai) He doesn't need to be symp... May 16 2006, 12:53 PM SL James Indeed. The sheer amount of celebration and.or adm... May 16 2006, 02:20 PM Glyph Not quite.
He's a loveable but gruff antihero... May 16 2006, 03:26 PM emo samurai The CK in my game is completely incompetent and ev... May 16 2006, 05:06 PM Kanada Ten Poor kid; they totally made a waste of his life. ... May 16 2006, 05:32 PM emo samurai I don't think his life being a waste is the pr... May 16 2006, 05:40 PM nezumi It's certainly his problem, isn't it? You... May 16 2006, 07:43 PM Kanada Ten Yeah, it seriously sounds like he's an undiagn... May 16 2006, 07:56 PM emo samurai Takeshi Tanegawa, I made it up on the spot. And th... May 16 2006, 07:56 PM Kanada Ten The only way this poor kid has passed the compulso... May 16 2006, 08:19 PM Kagetenshi Treatable?
~J May 16 2006, 08:24 PM Kanada Ten QUOTE (Kagetenshi) Treatable?
Personailty Fix May 16 2006, 08:26 PM emo samurai Mental illness? You mean evil? May 16 2006, 08:26 PM Kanada Ten QUOTE (emo samurai) Mental illness? You mean evil?... May 16 2006, 08:26 PM mfb QUOTE (Kanada Ten)The only way this poor kid has p... May 16 2006, 08:28 PM Kanada Ten True, true. But I got the impression that he was ... May 16 2006, 08:35 PM mfb depends on whether or not the PCs whack him, or if... May 16 2006, 08:37 PM emo samurai In Shiawase, it's very "family, family, f... May 16 2006, 08:44 PM Kanada Ten QUOTE (mfb @ May 16 2006, 03:37 PM) depends o... May 16 2006, 08:52 PM nezumi As an aside, I really can't condone using ... May 16 2006, 09:04 PM Kanada Ten Unless he's an ork, in which case he's tot... May 16 2006, 09:33 PM hyzmarca Evil can work as a personality trait in the right ... May 16 2006, 10:17 PM Wounded Ronin I guess the most important thing is to have the NP... May 16 2006, 11:35 PM emo samurai Dude, what's the compulsive masturbation suppo... May 16 2006, 11:35 PM FanGirl QUOTE (emo samurai @ May 16 2006, 03:26 PM) M... May 16 2006, 11:45 PM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (emo samurai) Dude, what's the compulsiv... May 16 2006, 11:45 PM emo samurai That... that sounds bad... How does that happen, a... May 16 2006, 11:48 PM Laser Well, there could be a brown recluse hiding in you... May 17 2006, 02:55 AM Wounded Ronin More realistically that can happen in cases of unt... May 17 2006, 02:59 AM emo samurai Contracted from your hand? May 17 2006, 03:08 AM hyzmarca Well, if you don't wash your hand after handli... May 17 2006, 03:17 AM Dog This guy doesn't sound sociopathic so much as ... May 17 2006, 03:18 AM
nezumi QUOTE (emo samurai) Dude, what's the compulsiv... May 17 2006, 01:29 PM  |
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