Interesting NPC design thread. Lets hear who are your players

>Orc philosopher ghost. Possibly the smartest orc ever alive(on par with your average villager), bound in a bag of augury bones. He will gladly tell you glimpses of the future if you can defeat him in a battle of wits. He argues like a highschooler throwing out ad hominems and fallacies and if you beat him too hard he gets mad and calls you names instead. If you manage to beat him without bruising his ego he is amazingly useful but all of his advices lead to (usually) winnable brawls.

>Greedy merchant: His wares have a 100% markup over every other trader in town but he gives a free magic weapon away to every adventurer. They never seem to shop anywhere else after.

>>48728196
>He argues like a highschooler throwing out ad hominems and fallacies and if you beat him too hard he gets mad and calls you names instead.
Huh. So you actually CAN make the concept of /b/ into a useful character. Imagine that.

>>48728175
>adults over the age of majority
>"kids"

>>48728609
Yep. It's all part of the infantilization of the college campus.

Anyone who has been involved in heavy infantry combat has some form of PTSD. Primarily posers and pogues tell war stories to non vets. The more frequent they talk about it the more full of shit they are. I fought at 2nd Fallujah with 3rd LAR spent 9 years in USMC infantry. No one outside my family and a few select friends know this about me.

>>48728938

I heard a 29 year old US Olympic Fencer referee to as a "kid" on NPR yesterday.

>>48730055
So you told us all just to make sure. Ooookay jack.

>>48730055

Something was like that was the intention of the character. I got bored of all the grizzled war veterans showing up in fantasy telling war stories and tried to give a new spin on the archetype. He also got over his issues years ago or they were not public speaking matter.

He also had a pretty good death ingame, scared the PCs shitless. They were trying to rally militia during a siege when enemy artillery opened up on them. They thought they are vastly out of their range but then he threw critical failure.A cannonball bounced off the ground, broke through their palisade and hit the old guy in the face. He died instantly, the enemy gunner probably had no idea he even hit something. It showed it doesnt matter how much of a bad motherfucker you are perfectly trained, equipped, in the right physical and mental condition you can always die completely unexpected in a warzone. It really got the players to get their shit together because shit got serious.

>>48730217
the point of anonymity is...

>Human(???) Mage who acts as a Comedic Relief Villain that pops up often to thwart the party for the BBEG. Determined, mentally out there, and not very wise, but he tries his best at being evil with a loose definition of the term. Most of his plans backfire, indirectly aid the party, or are akin to stealing candy from babies or sitting on a wet bench despite the sign demanding otherwise. He has a very recognizable and maniacal laugh. Despite all that, he is a legitimately tough encounter .

>Rough and hardy yet elegant and proper skeleton pirate with a Scottish accent and emerald rapier. Almost a mentor to the party, he loves tactics and to tell stories of his adventures with his former group, many of which are exaggerated. Really wants to be admired and remembered. Former friends and with Death Knight BBEG and aforementioned comedic villain.

For me NPCs aren't interesting based on their "archetype" but rather how they connect to the plot of the game and how they interact with the party.

>a young man who grew up dreaming of becoming a wizard
>Magic is rare so he spends years looking for a tome
>Finds and old, crusty one from a wandering merchant selling exotic wares
>Buys it and try to learn it's contents
>After years of study he finally translates the contents, excited to see what form of magic he has been studying
>It's a blue mages notebook.
>It's all sex spells
>Shit.
>Becomes a Blue Mage but isn't a pervert, uses the buffs spells and works almost like a cleric
>Actively has to hide that he is a blue mage because he's genuinely embarrassed
>At least he's a wizard now.

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>>48728175
>Completely nihilistic
>knows his god is waiting for him

>>48735275
>implying Radical Doubt overrules the word of God and Law.

Yeah though, wrong use of nihilism for the original poster. Also, that character behavior is borderline on metagaming because of how thin the line between "my character doesn't care about dying" and "I don't care if my character dies" is.
>barbarians
Dwarven Slayers still intend to kill the largest beastie they can find before dying. There's motivation there beyond just lack of caring.

>>48728196
>Possibly the smartest orc ever alive(on par with your average villager)

What shitty setting do you play in where the vast majority of orcs are genuinely retarded instead of just kind of dumb?

>>48735584

>funny setting detail
>shitty

/v/ go home

>>48735892
>gimmick NPCs
>good

Also, one-note NPCs who exist for humor are a staple of CRPGs. Anyone who thinks them bad probably is not the /v/ermin boogeyman.

>>48735443
Its dishonourable for a dwarf to commit suicide. Dying in glorious battle is super honourable though. Slayers hope to end their miserable besmirched existence whilst also striving to atone for their shame.

>>48735920

>being pretentious about people having fun

Nah, anyone who does this is almost definitely from /v/.

That or /tg/ has really gone to shit over the years for no reason (I'd blame /v/)

>>48736015
Damn dude. You're witchhunting so hard I thought I was in the WHF general.

>>48736440

That made me smile hardcore.

And I've thought about going full PURGE THE HERETICS but I'd rather just tell them to stop being dicks in threads that I like reading.

I haven't been in /tg/ for a long fucking time and I do hit up /vg/ so I'm not gonna be all "don't be rude" but fuck don't bring that shit into /tg/ I remember this place being chill as fuck place where people actually have fun talking about the things they enjoy.

>>48736440
>>48736516
You guys need to kiss to break the tension