The Game Master’s Book of Non-Player Characters: 500+ unique bartenders, brawlers, mages, merchants, royals, rogues, sages, sailors, warriors, weirdos … RPG adventures (The Game Master Series)
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From the #1 Best-Selling author, Jeff Ashworth, comes the latest addition to The Game Master series, with more than 500 NPCs ready to populate your campaign whenever you need them!
As is often the case in tabletop roleplaying games, players often venture into locales or look for answers in places and among people busy Game Masters simply didn’t anticipate. Or, just as often, an adventure won’t have fully fleshed out characters in place for the locations and encounters outlined for gameplay.
The Game Master’s Book of Non-Player Characters solves these issues and more by providing Game Masters with the information they need to “fill in the holes” in their campaign play. It will enable GMs to instantly add depth, color, motivation and unique physical characteristics at a moment’s notice to unexpected or underwritten characters as they pop up during gameplay, ensuring every session is a memorable one for players and GMs alike.
This edition also includes more than 50 hand-drawn illustrations of select NPCs detailed in the book, 3 bonus one-shot adventures, and a foreword by online influencer Jasmine Bhullar.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Media Lab Books (October 5, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1948174804
ISBN-13 : 978-1948174800
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 8.87 x 0.8 x 11.15 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book good for ideas and inspiration, providing minor missions and maps. They also say it’s amazing for DMs, detailed, and provides unique and eclectic NPCs. Readers say it’s well worth the price, with awesome artwork and well-described characters. They appreciate the craftsmanship and quality. Customers also say the book is the best resource for NPC creation, with interesting backstories.
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13 reviews for The Game Master’s Book of Non-Player Characters: 500+ unique bartenders, brawlers, mages, merchants, royals, rogues, sages, sailors, warriors, weirdos … RPG adventures (The Game Master Series)
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Ray Rauch –
Need a quick NPC that is fully realized. Look no further!
THis is such a great handy reference to have on hand to add a lot of great flavor to your adventures. It’s got all the great stuff in there, colorful descriptions, compelling backstory and motivation and stat blocks. Much love, this has saved me many many hours of creation to fill in some colorful gaps into my adventures.
Hannah Purifoy –
Nice book.
Got this book for my husband on Father’s day. We play dnd with a group. He loved it. Tis a hard cover.
Kevin –
An inspiring collection of beings to spice up that stale game you have been stuck on!
So nice to have a book of characters to draw on to help keep the game running, new looks, ideas, personalitities and traits that i wouldnt normally think of. These NPC’s are malleable and usable in almost any genera or game with a little tweaking. some make a great base for a player caracter as well. The illustrations are well done and add to the inspiration. I have bought 2 copies, one for me and then another for my son who plays as well. he loves it too.
Thadrenge –
This book is perfect
I just reviewed their Encounters book, but felt the need to add my props for this book as well. Just sitting and reading a few pages had me laughing and thinking how I can use the various people in my campaign. I mean one of the guys has a quest to cure his stinky breath, I would have never thought to add a character like that, but he’ll be in my next adventure for sure. These books are amazing for DMs, but players shouldn’t sleep on them either. Each of these NPCs could be adapted into a player concept in a heartbeat and give you an interesting background without the need to come up with it on the spot. They aren’t charging enough for what you get, the binding, artwork, and text are all amazing, and at a fraction of the cost of the licensed stuff. I would happily pay more for this quality of book, and I’ve already pre-ordered their upcoming book.
Sunshine Andrei –
Great?
The book contains fleshed out NPCs with a brief description, a catch phrase, equipment, motivation, profession, and a secret desire. Some NPCs come with stat blocks. The names also come with nicknames.So very valuable to a DM prepping a game session. Not so good for the DM needing an NPC on the fly. The NPCs are so detailed that trying to drop one in at random, does not work. Their profession or motivation doesn’t match the scene. You can adjust the NPCs quickly by changing their details and story but at that point you’re creating your own NPC. The catagoration of the chapters is weird and some NPCs don’t fit the section they’re in.Still a great book for prepping. It’s well worth the money. Just wanted to make sure people know the downside.
Breanna –
Exceeeeeds expectations!
I got 4 books from this series for my husband who DM’s 4 campaigns at the moment. I was excited to give them to him and when he opened them up and looked through the pages… He was blown away! He literally sat flipping through the pages for HOURS! He kept laughing and saying “I’m using this! And this! And this too!”. The perfect resource for DMs to add depth and dynamic to their campaigns. These books will be a key tool for years to come!
Quinn –
Really nice product
My boyfriend is a DM and I love him, so obviously, he gets the DND book.
My husband wanted these and prices were cheaper then anywhere else we looked –
Great item
It was a great price and great quality got all five of the books he was looking for for 50 dollars less then other book stores
Rodrigo Fortuna –
Esta colección de libros es genial, ayuda mucho cuando tienes bloqueos creativos. La serie completa si vale la pena.
Roxanne –
The quality of this book is fantastic and the content is impressive ! Sooo many options but well organized making it easy to find what you need on the spot. The images also makes everything come to life and the little details make it easy to play for your players. A big help for any DM
Edilson –
Ãtimo livro, recomendo muito
nicole S. –
mon fils à adoré, un très beau livre
Amazon Customer –
Amazing book filled with inspiration, useful characters and amazing art