Pieces - Creating Vivid NPCs for Courtly Intrigue
Set the board. Begin the game. Pieces by Ryan Chaddock is a guide to crafting interesting NPCs suitable for life at court in your campaign setting. It's an expansion on the existing NPC details tables provided in the Dungeon Master's Guide ¸ customizing the content for the kinds of manipulative power players that find themselves drawn to the halls of power. Some are virtuous¸ most have something to hide¸ these are the fascinating characters that will make your court adventure or campaign come alive. Here you'll find each of the tables in the DMG made bigger and/or better suited to the web of deceit and lust one finds at court. You'll see that each of the tables is at least as big as it was¸ if not bigger and always customized to the setting at hand. We've even provided a d100 table for Flaws and Secrets¸ including 100 unique entries. Whether you're scribbling up the rulers of a small barony¸ designing the central government of your long-running campaign¸ or just need to flesh out the royal palace of a newly discovered land¸ you'll find useful entries and food for thought here. This PDF is layed out in landscape format of 11x8.5in¸ for easier viewing on wide screen monitors.