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EDIT: As a warning, any of the higher-level NPCs here are straight from Adventure Paths and modules, so browse with care.
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Jamie Trollope also has an absolutely wonderful series of NPC codices on their Pathfinder Infinite store, like these Warrior ones. If you have regular need for NPCs, I'd recommend them! :)
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Jamie Trollope also has an absolutely wonderful series of NPC codices on their Pathfinder Infinite store, like these Warrior ones. If you have regular need for NPCs, I'd recommend them! :)
What a great resource! This is what I needed. Thank you.
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Jamie Trollope also has an absolutely wonderful series of NPC codices on their Pathfinder Infinite store, like these Warrior ones. If you have regular need for NPCs, I'd recommend them! :)The blurb mentions both guidance on making your own NPC's and a lot of premade ones.
Could you say a bit about what sort of NPC's the premade ones are?Are they specific ones (Commander Examplius Hellknight of the order of the for instance) with backstories and personalities and such or more general ones (like Dark Knight commander)?
I'd also be interested in what their philosophy with regards to how "PC-like" an NPC should be.
Hi, I'm Jamie, the author of these :)
The NPCs in NPC Index are all generic. They don't have names or backstories and so on.
I do have a product called NPC Index: Firebrands which is exactly this. It is a much smaller book but the NPCs in that are fully fleshed out with backstories, personality traits and plot hooks you can use to integrate them into your campaigns. As well as the full statblocks across multiple levels of course. All the NPCs in that book are class-based too, but have a pirate/naval/ocean theme. There is a Sea Shanty bard, a Gunslinger, an ocean druid and so on.
Back to the NPC Index, there are three books in that line so far and each contains 110 statblocks for class-based NPCs between levels 1 to 20.
Warriors (Barbarian, Fighter, Champion, Ranger)
Spellcasters (Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard)
Specialists (Alchemist, Bard, Monk, Rogue)
The intention was always for these to be generic so GMs could just pick them up and put them in their games and flesh them out in a way that made sense for their campaigns. But if you need a level 17 cleric, there are four to choose from in Spellcasters. Or if you need a level 4 Barbarian, it is there for you in Warriors.
In terms of how PC-like, all of these were made using the numbers from the Gamemastery Guide and so should be balanced. They all get roughly the same amount of abilities as equivalent level NPCs or monsters and those abilities take the form of feats taken either directly from the class lists, tweaked to make sense for NPCs or just created by me.
They look very interesting. Now I'm curious if there's any plan to make equivalents for the non-CRB classes, and if so, what the books would be called.
Back to the NPC Index, there are three books in that line so far and each contains 110 statblocks for class-based NPCs between levels 1 to 20.Warriors (Barbarian, Fighter, Champion, Ranger)
Spellcasters (Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard)
Specialists (Alchemist, Bard, Monk, Rogue)
I do have plans for those but they are longer term because some of those classes are directly impacted by the remaster and I want to see how that turns out.
I've been kicking around names but nothing concrete yet.
Something like Gunslingers, Swashbucklers, Investigators and Magus might be something like NPC Index: Mavericks (naming things is hard!)
Thaum, Psychic, Oracle and Witch could be NPC Index: Esoterics
I'm not sure how I'm going to group the other classes or name them yet but i will be working on more of these books toward the end of the year and into 2024
Cool to see the work that your doing! Looks like this was the perfect way to get some info about NPCs.