New contest! Win Goodman Games prizes (among others)!

[The Chatty DM]

Hi there,

I'm the Chatty DM, a RPG blogger. With my buddy Johnn Four of http://www.roleplayingtips.com, we have launched a new contest with several cool prizes. Among those prizes are: 3 copies of Goodman Game's GM Gems book (print or PDF - your choice)!

Entering the contest is dead simple, you submit a one-Sentence NPC description either in my blog's comments here or at Johnn Four's email (johnn@roleplayingtips.com). See blog and Johnn's latest e-Zine (if you aren't a subscriber yet, it will be up here, later this week) for tips on how to do just that.

Each entry nets you a chance to win one of the prizes (random draws).

Contest starts now and is opened until July 13th.

At the end, we will edit each entry and publish/distribute a free PDF document containing them all. This is going to make one hell of a GMing aid!

Come one and all, Johnn and I are eager to see your creations!

[Warduke]

sweet contest! c'mon run on sentences!

[The Chatty DM]

Go wild!

The buzz of this contest is rapidly building up. I predict an awesome compendium of NPCs at the end.

[Seben-PistonRager]

one sentence? hmm... how will I express a complicated background akin to the lord of the rings for each npc?

Like Gandalf the white, but a barbarian.

Like Frodo, but competent.

Like Sauron, but successful.(the nightmare setting is actually pretty cool)

[The Chatty DM]

Have a look at the entries so far, some people have managed to write complex but shortish sentences that include a full NPC and an adventure hook all rolled up into one.

The idea is to focus one's ideas in as concise a concept as possible.

IMHO. a NPC is and will always remain a secondary prop to the PC's actions. The NPC needs to be intriguing, interesting and useful for the players. That can be done with little prose.

[Seben-PistonRager]

well the rules make a lot more sense...

I'll have to whip some up to try and get some swag. swag is good.