| Thread | Title | Description | Tags | Added | Score |
|---|
| October 2008 |
| 2801017 | Steampunk Outsider NPCs | Various ideas for a steampunk setting in which outsiders sneak in to mess with shit. | steampunk, npcs, outsiders | 2008-10-14 | 2 | |
| March 2009 |
| 4083639 | Epic NPC Deaths | A GM asks /tg/ for advice on how to kill a well liked NPC to inspire his players to RAGE AGAINST THE BBEG. Epic death scenes follows | NPC, Death, REVENGE, Epic | 2009-03-26 | 7 | |
| April 2009 |
| 4150125 | Our Mascot is a Cook | Discussion on all the ways to make a friendly, often overlooked NPC into BBEG bait, an interesting side quest, or just plain awesome. | NPCs, Plot hooks, food, cute | 2009-04-01 | 6 | |
| May 2009 |
| 4489468 | How to make characters love an NPC | A truly magnificent thread with many ideas on how to make the PLAYERS, not the playable characters, fall for an NPC. Includes a masterful summary short of a scientific dissertation by Dr. Baron von Evilsatan | DnD, Dr. Baron von Evilsatan, Love, NPC | 2009-05-07 | 8 | |
| July 2009 |
| 5249757 | Awesome NPCs | ITT: DMs share their best NPCs. Contains several merchants, lovable rogues, and even some sad stories. | NPC, D&D, Dungeon Master, Merchants, Pathfinder, Eberron, Mafia, Great White Hunter, Ghoul | 2009-07-25 | 10 | |
| August 2009 |
| 5386461 | Damsels in Distress | Generic "let's discuss females and their role in fantasy" turns into demon and paladin-related highjinks. | chicks, females, women, saving NPCs, Quest | 2009-08-09 | 4 | |
| September 2009 |
| 6045231 | An SG named Break | DM asks for advice on handling his group's beloved sidekick, a Metabot-like construct. Anon instantly loves the little chap and offers several creative and awesome ways to maim or murder him. | Awesome, D&D, Manly_Tears, NPCs | 2009-09-28 | 13 | |
| May 2010 |
| 9903852 | Unimportant, Awesome NPCs | You know the story: The GM pulls an obviously unimportant NPC out of his ass, and the PCs like the NPC. They like it so much they make it ascend to awesomeness.
This has happened to all of us. So tell me about yours, as a GM and as a PC. | NPCs, storytime, GMing | 2010-05-19 | 6 | |
| August 2010 |
| 11633267 | I Love You, NPC | NPC's are in every game. They give you missions, die at your hands, and, sometimes, you love them hell out of them. /tg/ shares about times when their players got really attached to a NPC. | NPC, DM, GM, D&d, Dark Heresey, manly tears | 2010-08-13 | 10 | |
| November 2010 |
| 12959951 | NPC Characters | A nostalgic look at some of the greatest characters in /tg/ related video-game history. Also, Mary Sue hijack ensues as Anon brings a few terrible mods to light. | BG, NPC, Baldurs Gate, Mary Sue, Infinity Engine | 2010-11-29 | 5 | |
| December 2010 |
| 12999733 | Ideas for NPCs | Some fellow is going to make a Neverwinter Nights module, and asks for aid making NPCs. /tg/ obliges. | Neverwinter Nights, NPCs, Ideas | 2010-12-02 | 0 | |
| March 2011 |
| 14350870 | Amusing NPC name thread | OP asks the /tg/ hivemind to give some interesting and amusing names for NPCs. Also, cocks. | npc, name, dicks | 2011-03-24 | 1 | |
| January 2012 |
| 17739341 | /tg/ discusses peasants, cuckholding, pastries and japanese culture | /tg/ discusses peasants, cuckholding, pastries and japanese culture | the slightly overweight redheaded baker's daughter, weeaboos, cuckholding, pastry, NPCs, peasants | 2012-01-31 | 12 | |
| June 2013 |
| 25625236 | Secrets of GMing | GMs let us /tg/ in on their dirty little secrets | DM, dm, gm, GM, DMing, GMing, NPC, NPCs, npcs, npc, railroading, Railroading, players | 2013-06-25 | 6 | |
| July 2013 |
| 26003249 | Fear the Guard | /tg/ tells stories of the city guards in their campaigns, many textblocks of how their PC's had their asses handed to them on a pike. | Guard, DnD, NPC, | 2013-07-14 | 10 | |
| July 2015 |
| 41298468 | DMPCs do and don'ts | /tg/ discusses and regales instances in which DMs used a DMPC or a NPC, in a beneficial and/or engaging way, or as an excuse to play their special snowflake character. | BBEG, DMPC, mary sue, NPC, roleplay, storytime, THAT DM | 2015-07-25 | 2 | |
| November 2016 |
| 50350758 | Touhoufag asks for help with NPC behavior | Detailed discussion on generating NPC behavior which feels realistic and satisfying, especially with regards to irrationality end emotion | advice, GMing, DMing, NPCs, roleplay, roleplaying | 2016-11-24 | 7 | |
| December 2017 |
| 56984041 | Drow NPC Backstory | /tg/ is challenged to provide an original, non-sue and genuinely interesting backstory for a drow NPC character. | storytime, story, worldbuilding, writing, drow, NPC, | 2017-12-18 | 5 | |
| October 2018 |
| 3001434 | NPC Quest | NPC Quest | NPC | 2018-10-27 | 0 | |
| June 2022 |
| 5290674 | Goblin assassin quest | Pine, a goblin assassin does free lance killings and tries to help people | medieval fantasy, make your own NPCs, Action, Goblin, Fantasy races | 2022-06-30 | 7 | |
| August 2024 |
| 6050681 | Escape the Dungeon! #1 | You wake up in a goblin den without memories of how you got here, your only hint being the small pain in your chest and abdomen. | Qoomer, Qoomer QM, Femc, Dungeon, Fantasy, Shadow Step, Slut MC, Oblivious NPC | 2024-08-05 | 2 | |