Why your NPCs don't feel real

You RENDER NPCs in passes, with each pass adding new lights to their features, highlighting different aspects of their persona. As your D&D players come back to meet them, you add new backstories, lore, and personality quirks to render in the details!

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▼ INDEX ▼
00:00 - Lighting your NPCs
00:45 - DMs create images by rendering
02:12 - Being in the DARK
04:00 - Start with SPOT lights
06:48 - FILL in the current situation
08:43 - Give your characters an EDGE
10:40 - Use PRACTICAL backstories
12:34 - Explosive Creation
13:01 - Light characters out of order
15:42 - Deliberately incomplete lighting
16:20 - Pre-lighting IMPORTANT characters
18:17 - Most NPCs are good with 1 light
19:03 - Old Man Whitelock
19:56 - Bit-parts in films
21:44 - Revisiting characters is POWERFUL
22:32 - NPCs aren't the heroes
24:31 - Support us on our Patreon