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Non-Player Characters (NPCs)
Creating NPCs (non-player characters) for your games can be considered daunting. This short set of tables provide some food for thought in a vague and evocative way so that you can flesh them better on your games or world building. Cover art credits: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, 2005. www.metmuseum.org Artist: Samuel Bourne
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