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Attitude Trackers for Complex and Realistic NPCs

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There are many ways of making characters “feel real” in a tabletop roleplaying game. 

Experienced game masters (GMs) can use improvisation to bring life to even the most common NPC.  But some GMs, some gaming groups, might not be good at improv, or may wish to have a slightly more formalized, thought-out-in-advance approach to breathing life into NPCs.

This document introduces an approach to character interaction that may help gaming groups of all manner.  It provides tools for tracking and managing NPCs and suggesting reactions. 

Although it’s a concept that was developed for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, the concepts and tools described here are mostly abstract.  Except for explicit skill checks, for example, nearly all of the tools herein can be applied to a roleplaying game of any system and nature.

How, and to what extent, you apply these concepts in your gaming group is really a function of the style of gaming your group enjoys, and the goals the GM and players have in gaming to begin with.  Hack-and-slash groups need not even consider this sort of formalized approach; groups whose main focus is on storytelling and character might benefit from this sort of tool.

This approach is provided free of charge, for two reasons.  First, I genuinely feel that this is a useful, interesting alternative to other methods, and it’s worked really well for me over the decades as a GM myself.

Second, as a means of introducing GMs and players alike to the concept, since it’s used heavily throughout all Infinium Game Studio RPG products.

Enjoy!

Attitude Tracker is a pen-and-paper gaming concept that is used to power all games from Infinium Game Studio, including the upcoming Dark Obelisk: Berinncorte, a massive city-based adventure and the first component in an ongoing Adventure Path.

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Dominic M October 07, 2023 4:43 pm UTC
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Hi there,
I've just bought this to assist me with my NPC's in a new solo campaign I'm starting. This is a great idea and I look forward to using it.

I have noticed a mix-up on page 3 under 'Using the Attitude Tracker' where it says 'Indifferent characters have attitude values between 19 and 24'. The system actually uses values of 13 to 18 for Indifferent characters, and the values quoted are for Friendly characters. Worth correcting that paragraph for the next edition!

Thanks :)
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Michael P March 05, 2023 5:58 pm UTC
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Is it possible to get a printer-friendly version of this or at least a PDF with layers we can remove for printing? Thanks!
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