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Friends, Foes, and Other Fine Folks
Games reflect life. Life reflects games. The world of gaming is filled with players who want to see themselves represented, to feel included and welcomed just as they are. If you are in a Dungeons and Dragons (or other RPG) game with 90% straight, white able-bodied males, that’s odd, and frankly, a boring world to have an adventure. How does the Game Master introduce diversity into their world-building?
In the professional gaming world, consultants are brought in to help. However, it can be a challenge for the average GM to feel comfortable creating diverse Non-Playing Characters without coming off as insulting or trying too hard. Enter Friends, Foes, and Other Fine Folks: a downloadable guide to 58 diverse NPCs for 5th edition D&D, but can be adapted to other RPGs. It’s fantasy so there is no limit to the diverse elements of gender, orientation, physical and mental disabilities, body shapes and traits, age, and skin color.
Friends, Foes, and Other Fine Folks brought together a myriad of writers and backgrounds to get it right, so the GM can incorporate diversity into their game with ease and fun.
These characters have fascinating backstories:
“…The prophecy came to a sudden end, the lich felled at Danil’s feet, the land free…
