General Query: Npc/Feondas creation

[wtnbrad]

This is just a shout out to GLs and asking how have you gone about making NPCs and Feondas for your games.

NPCs if mortal I can see being made the same statistically as PCs but what about dogs, cats, cows other animals etc (I know there is a sampling of these in the Prologue and Universe books)

And regarding Feondas (and maybe spirits) how have you gone about creating small, normal, large or collosal entities? How have you people been statting them up?

[Pierstoval]

There's no actual rule for that, but I personally make it really "randomly". I start from an idea, what kind of monster, and I compare its abilities with a normal character.

For example, a cat would have a slightly better skill in Stealth than a human, especially because of its size, but a contrario, its health would be really lower, about 3 wounds maximum...

And for the NPCs, I use Corahn-Rin, the online generator (click down below)

[wtnbrad]

Thanks again and I'll check the link out later tonight, (new toy to play with) in order to give me a better clue, after seeing the stats for some of the creatures in the scenarios they do seem rather random.

[Clovis]

Corahn-Rin is pretty awesome. The English translation is still a work in progress, but it's a great tool to make your NPCs, keep them in storage, or simply grab a few already made ones here and there!

As for animals and Feondas, you might want to check out Book 2, which has a section devoted to animals and to several Feondas.

Generally speaking, Piersotval's advice is sound: compare the animal/Feond to a human being, and determine what its ratings should be in Attack, Speed, Feats, Perception, etc.