Shattered Kingdoms

The following is a template for a basic NPC description. These are the creative parts that are necessary when building any sort of NPC in the game, whether it be unique or a popular leveling NPC. I'm always finding myself running short on NPC descriptions and was wondering if other people found themselves with descriptions they hadn't yet used or wanted to try their hand at creating them. I am creating this topic to be used as a type of mobile bank. Add descriptions if you want. They could be used. We don't promise to use anything and don't promise to use added material unedited if we do choose to use it. We will likely draw upon useful material added here if anyone would like to contribute. Nonsense replies will be edited out.


One NPC per post, the post will be removed if the descriptions are used in the game. There are lots of places I can and will be adding NPCs. Please don't clutter this with requests for gear or scripts. Those would be completely up to the builder using the copy. Descriptions shouldn't go over ten lines long. If you include a colored description, short, or long, also include an uncolored version.

Discussion here.

short A homeless man is here.
long A homeless old man stands here, begging for money.

old, homeless, man

This man stands here, painfully hunched over. His hair is white and stringy, with enormous tufts of hair appearing to have fallen out over the course of his inconsequential life. His face is completely gaunt, with cataract-filled eyes sinking deep into his eye-sockets and wrinkled, spotted skin pressing tightly against his skull. When he opens his mouth to speak, a few chipped and blackened teeth are all that is left of a once complete set. His malnourished frame can barely support what little there is left of him.

As there is no 'room description bank', I thought I would place this link on this thread. It is a description of ancient Egyptian tombs another former-Sker showed me.


http://www.philae.nu/akhet/NKTemple.html

$5A long$7$I silver beard$5 grows from this dwarfs face all the way down to his belt. Said$7$I beard$5 is
maticulously groomed, the ends of it even have$6$I c$4$Io$1$Il$3$Io$2$Ir$5$If$2$Iu$1$Il$1$I$1$I g$4$Ie$5$Im$6$Is$5 woven into it.
His complection is$7$I pale$5. He has a large bulbous nose that juts out sharply from his face. His lips are full and$4 red$5. His narrow eyes are$0$I black$5 in color.
His hair, like his$7$I beard$5, is also$7$I silver$5. It grows long, down to the middle of his back. His height is close to three and a half feet, and his body is stocky. He is probably
three and a half feet around. He is not fat, nor is he to lean, but he isn't very muscular.

$5$IThis small dwarven man really gets your attention, in more ways then one. As you look at him it becomes clear that
the messy$6 brown hair$5$I growing out of this dwarfs head has probably never been combed. It's$0$I oily$5$I,$6 matted$5$I,$6 tangled$5$I, and$6 wretched$5$I.
His$6 beard$5$I is even worse. Small$0$I black specs$5$I, probably ticks or lice, seem to fly from his head to his$6 beard$5$I or to who knows where.
His nose is huge and$4 red$5$I and rounded at the end. He has$4 squ$4$Iin$4ty$0$I and$4 bl$4$Ioo$4dsho$4$It$0$I black eyes$5$I.
This dwarfs mouth is mostly devoid of teeth, but those few that he does have are$6 ro$6$Itt$6e$6$In$5$I and$6 yel$6$Ilo$0$Iwi$6sh$6$I br$6ow$0$In$5$I.
This dwarf stinks like rotten$2 clot$6h$5$I,$6 sew$6$Iage$5$I, and body odor. The dwarf has spindly thin limbs, a big fat gut, and a big stinky arse.