Personal NPCs

Personal NPC

Personal NPCs are available for players to use as children, partners, close friends, slaves, and family members of their chosen character. This type of NPC must be applied for via the Prophet Support Forum in order to gain permission to write and keep them. Just as we pay to keep our own characters in the form of seasonal expenses, we must also pay to support any personal NPC connected to our PC. Some cities may have their own rules and regulations regarding the costs of keeping an NPC, but as a rule of thumb you can expect to pay 10 gold per season (every two months), which must be recorded on your ledger. If players wish to use someone else's NPC, they must request permission from the player who pays the upkeep for that NPC.

The exception to this is in the case of characters who are "Wilderness PCs". For these characters, Personal NPCs may have their upkeep paid for by an additional thread each season where the PC hunts/gathers sufficient amounts of food to keep them alive. This thread does not give the PC those rewards but is used to "pay off" the NPC seasonal expenses. This thread must be approved by a city moderator in the same way that a job thread would be, and has the same minimum requirements as a job thread (1500 words in length, with a focus on the task at hand). If you wish to pay for your NPC this way, please ask for special approval in your Support Forum request.

Update Regarding Ghost NPCs

Ghosts are Personal NPCs just like any other. With the release of ghosts on February 2nd, 2019, all ghosts acting in an NPC manner with a PC MUST have PSF approval. Ghosts get an additional 50 Skill Points (for a total of 150), but these must be used in Ghost Skills (no more than 30 in one skill). Additionally, only the Ghost Skills may be advanced while the ghost is a ghost. Ghost NPCs are able to come back to life, following the same protocols as a PC. When applying for a Ghost NPC, you must specify which type of ghost they are, as well as including how they died, and at least 1 anchor (typically the PC since the ghost is haunting them.)

Rules for playing a Personal NPC

• I. The NPC cannot give your PC anything (unless you pay for it).
• II. The NPC cannot initiate your PC into any Arcane magic.
• III. The NPC should never be the main focus of the story.
• IV. The NPC can travel with your PC.
• VI. Personal NPCs may not have Domain Magic.

To apply for a personal NPC, fill out the information below and post it to the Prophet Support Forum titled ‘Personal NPC’.

Information Required For NPC Application

Personal NPC: Up to 100 skill points, no more than 30 and no less than 5 in one skill. [b]NPC skills are always on a 1:1 ratio and, therefore, out of 100.

Name:
Race:
Date of Birth:
Skills:
Appearance: including height, weight, scars, hair and eye colour, and any other relevant features.
Personality:
Relationship to PC:
Anything else you would like us to know.

This information is stored in your Prophets' Notes, allowing prophets to read up on any NPC you might have in case they choose to interact with your PC through one of these NPC. If your NPC dies, please update your original request to allow us to make the appropriate changes to your Character Notes.