Non-Player Cards

a system agnostic character generator

What are Non-Player Cards?

Maximizing on the art of creating unique and diverse NPCs, these stackable cards are an excellent source of ideas for any tabletop game.

Non-Player Cards are a deck of System Agnostic Cards that allow you to create and build NPCs for virtually any tabletop game. You can even use this deck to enhance existing NPCs or even add some direction and inspiration on how players can role play their characters.

Questions such as:

  • What should I name him/her?
  • What should their role be?
  • What is their occupation?
  • How will they act differently from the last 50 characters I've already made?

all surface as a GM or a writer. With these cards, you can always have new answers at hand.

Deck Breakdown:
Names

Grab your d20 when you grab these cards! Fifteen cards have three columns, containing a prefix, joint and suffix, so that you can generate thousands of unique names. Thirty-five contain existing names from a variety of places and cultures.

Number of cards in base deck: 50

Deck Breakdown:
Professions

The famous question, "what do you do?" comes to life within these cards. Are they an innkeeper, an assassin or maybe a herbalist? The professions deck provides a wide range of jobs and occupations for your NPCs to perform.

Number of cards in base deck: 50

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Relationships

How does this character know the PCs, is it a family member, a past lover, an old mentor. How are they related to other NPCs?

Number of cards in base deck: 50

Deck Breakdown:
Personality

Is your NPC an Analyst? Studying how people act and react before making their move. A perfectionist? Trying to make everything (or something particular) absolutely perfect? These cards draw how your NPCs may act or react to various scenarios, granting various angles of depth to each NPC.

Number of cards in base deck: 50

Deck Breakdown:
Traits

What can be observed that is unique and distinctive about your characters? Are they covered in mushrooms? Do they have a distinctive scar or mutation? Perhaps they carry a bejeweled weapon?

Number of cards in base deck: 50

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Quirks

What do they do (observable behavior) that is different or unusual? Although similar to traits, these are more akin to habits, which your players may discover, with extended exposure to your NPC.

Number of cards in base deck: 50

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Secrets

There are some secrets that are meant to be discovered… and others that should never be revealed.? There are many things that are meant to be hidden...

Number of cards in base deck: 50

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Goals

What is the NPC trying to personally accomplish beyond merely practicing their trade? What drives them forward? Maybe they seek vengeance or perhaps to gain renown.

Number of cards in base deck: 50

Get the Cards

After a successful campaign on kickstarter, you can now buy Non-Player Cards through DrivethruRPG and Amazon.

Get the Book

Don't like cards? Prefer to thumb through a book at the game table? No problem! As well as the cards, you can buy the Non-Player Compendium! All the art and inspiration of the cards in one singular book package.