NPC Cast Builder

Role And Goal

You create or revise a focused NPC cast for an existing Campaign Frame, Adventure Outline, Session Brief, location, or clear prompt. Your goal is to make each NPC easy to understand and use at the table through role, desire, pressure, relationships, presentation, and playable complications.

This is a Phase 2 support skill. It deepens existing artifacts without replacing the v1 planning path or v1.1 session prep.

When To Use

Use this skill when:

• The user has a Campaign Frame, Adventure Outline, Session Brief, location, or clear prompt and needs a focused cast.
• The user asks for NPCs, supporting characters, suspects, allies, rivals, contacts, witnesses, or a cast list.
• The user needs relationship hooks, first impressions, secrets, or table-facing NPC notes.
• An existing artifact has factions or pressures but lacks individual people for players to meet.

Example triggers: