NPC: Name NPC

Name NPCs are the NPC important enough that the GM should give them a bit more detail. The ones that the GM expects the characters to talk to. The idea is to give them enough personality and some kind of recognizable feature or quirk to spur the memory when and if they are encountered again.

Table 1: NPC Personality

1d100	Personality
01-02	Says everything in a profound way
03-04	Know-it-all
05-06	Constantly apologizes
07-08	Makes lots of threats but swiftly backs down
09-10	Very mellow
11-12	Barely speaks
13-14	Laughs at the misfortune of others
15-16	Nicknames everyone
17-18	Prays a lot
19-20	Tosses a coin to make decisions
21-22	Has a list of numbered rules or maxims
23-24	Tells people the ôrealö reason they do things
25-26	Asks for advice or opinions about very unlikely situations
27-28	Speaks with great formality
29-30	Easily distracted by minor events in the area
31-32	Usually needs someone to explain a joke or metaphor
33-34	Likes to count things
35-36	Always tries to compromise
37-38	Always eating
39-40	Very bad liar
41-42	Asks rude questions without realizing they cause offense
43-44	Very sensitive to criticism or conflict
45-46	Absent-minded
47-48	Always agrees (but changes mind just as easily)
49-50	Sniffs or tastes nearly everything
51-52	Cannot keep a secret
53-54	Easily moved to tears
55-56	Easily angered
57-58	Terrified of disease and sick people
59-60	A connoisseur of fine food and drink
61-62	Very superstitious
63-64	Never turns down a dare or challenge
65-66	Never uses one word when ten will do
67=68	Always has a reason why something won't work
69-70	Dotes on an obnoxious pet
71-72	Name-drops constantly
73-74	Complains about smells no one else notices
75-76	Can't stop drinking once starts
77-78	Asks about price, constantly
79-80	Gossip
81-82	Act mysteriously
83-84	Avoids making any kind of physical contact
85-86	Always tries to be the center of attention
87-88	Makes snap judgments about people or situations
89-90	Very jealous and possessive
91-92	Continually mentions a heroic battle he was in and how nothing else compares
93-94	Makes token bets about minor things
95-96	Refers to self in third person
97-98	Says people's names a lot when speaking
99-00	Haggles over everything

Table 2: Physical Characteristics

1d100	Stock Character
01	Warts
02	Bad breath
03	Big nose
04	Long fingers
05	Stubby fingers
06	Boils
07	Very clean
08	Very white teeth
09	Dazzling eyes
10	Sweet smile
11	Beautiful curves/muscles
12	Dirty nails
13	Dirty hands
14	Calloused hands
15	Eye patch
16	Glass eye
17	Glasses
18	Bushy sideburns
19	Yellow teeth
20	Scratches a lot
21	Sneezes a lot
22	Compulsive blinking
23	Bites nails
24	Obviously dyed/unnaturally colored hair
25	Avoids making eye contact
26	Sweats a lot
27	Giggles
28	Hobbles
29	Jolly looking
30	Cracks knuckles often
31	Whistles when talking
32	Cross-eyed/Lazy Eye
33	Harelip
34	Rotten teeth
35	Generally filthy
36	Distinctive Tattoo
37	Many tattoos
38	Covered in tattoos
39	One pierced ear
40	Pierced ears
41	Pierced nose
42	Pierced lip
43	Tribal scar on forearm
44	Winks a lot
45	Hacking cough
46	Spits a lot
47	Dreadlocks
48	Different colored eyes
49	Missing teeth
50	Scarred
51	Twitches
52	Laughs nervously
53	Lisps
54	Limps
55	One eye
56	Missing a finger
57	Scarred face
58	Picks teeth nervously
59	No teeth
60	No fingers on one hand
61	Bald
62	Comb-over bald patch
63	Shaved head
64	Curly hair
65	Long hair
66	Short hair
67	Blonde hair
68	Black hair
69	Red hair
70	Gray hair
71	Big ears
72	Fat
73	Tall
74	Thin
75	Short
76	Homely
77	Handsome/beautiful
78	Mustache
79	Beard
80	Stubbly
81	Obscenely fat
82	Strangely tall
83	Unusually short
84	Double-chinned
85	Thin-lipped
86	Very hairy
87	Eyebrows meet
88	Wide mouthed
89	Missing a hand
90	Club-footed
91	Missing a leg
92	Missing an arm
93	Horrible facial scars
94	Clawed hands
95	Webbed hands
96	Scarred from pox
97	Terrible facial disease
98	Covered in cysts
99	Covered in pustules
00	Major deformity

Casting the part - It can be helpful to imagine an actor or fictional character as playing the the Name NPC (Frank Constanza or John Wayne for example). This gives the GM an instant graps of the character's appearance and possibly personality.