Step into the tavern.
The rooms are warm (ish), and the rates are low (almost suspiciously so), just don’t ask what’s in the pies and don’t expect to have all your valuables come morning.
A tool for Games Masters and Players alike, Ultimate NPCs: Skulduggery features:
- A full-world character collection
- Game backstories
- Character quick-reference stats
- NPC or player character options
Occupying the seedy tap-houses and criminal underbelly of civilization, you’ll find a variety of thieves, assassins and mercenaries within, each with the backstory and statistics necessary to run as an NPC or player character in your favorite tabletop RPG game. So pull up a stool, try the ale (don’t mind the lumps), and meet the regulars…
Product Specs:
- 30 finely crafted NPCs (levels 1, 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20)
- 180 unique characters
- Compatible with 5th Edition and Pathfinder
ISBN: 978-1-946669-22-3 / SMC: NRG2051
Tim (verified owner) –
Awesome! Pretty much sums this bad boy up!! Ready to drop, fully developed NPC with a name and that can follow along your campaign arc as antagonists, minions, or allies are pretty rare unless you do them yourself – and as the DM who really has time for that level of detail?? I have already recommended this to my local game shop in Colorado Springs (got my hardcopy last night and showed it to Ed about an hour later) and already have plans for one of the evil NPC to thwart my players’ plans in Barovia this weekend! Get this resource!!
dalambiaseo –
I can’t wait for the next book in the series! As a GM, working 40 hours with a toddler to boot this book is a no brainer. The variety is just right the characters are engaging and the art top notch. I’ve had the book less than a week and I’ve already used it half a dozen times. Great job guys.
leeacker3 (verified owner) –
This Kickstarter project was a joy to watch from development through to delivery. From watching the YouTube conference calls to participating in the editing, I had high hopes for this product and the team delivered in spades.
I now have a ready to run resource at my disposal for my campaign. I was struggling with creating a Thieves Guild for the start of my storyline. Ultimate Skulduggery put that to rest. I can even now “grow” one of my villains from 1st to 4th to 8th level and have art to boot for my PCs so they can better visualize their nemesis.
I cannot emphasize enough that this product is handy, rich in content and ready for action from the moment it hits your hands. Enjoy! I am.
Max Stars
Greg (verified owner) –
Great well developed characters ready to drop in to your campaign.
Clay (verified owner) –
Time. Time is my enemy. I never have enough of it. Especially when it comes to game prepping. I am a husband, a father, a professional in a career, and then a DM. My game prep time is precious and having resources like Ultimate NPC’s: Skulduggery is an absolute necessity. The quality of the book, the NPCs, their rich and detailed histories, and their accompanying artwork not only makes for an amazing resource but must have for any RPG collection.
John (verified owner) –
The characters in this collection are extremely well thought out. In addition to just general stats, all of the characters goals/flaws/ideals/bonds are fully fleshed out. Additionally, there are backstories provided for the motivations of every NPC.
As if that wasn’t enough, there are also connections written in between the NPCs if you want to include all or some of them.
It is very easy to create an entire city structured around the NPCs in this book that can be encountered by the PCs at any time because of the inclusion of stats for multiple NPC levels.
Amir De La Vega (verified owner) –
Used this and it ended up creating a great twist in my campaign and helped me flesh out my city with an underground not previous planned. Love the content.
Chris (verified owner) –
This is really something I’ve needed for a while. Well built NPC ready to drop in to any situation. Always makes planning a lot easier for a GM when you don’t have to create every minor NPC you may need stats for.
With my players you never know if they’ll just talk, fight or well something a bit more unpredictable. This allows me to keep a few surprises in store just in case.
Eric (verified owner) –
Before I bought this, I’d never heard of Nord Games. I took a risk with this book and was not disappointed.
Have 30 npcs is great, it’s bonus that they’re fleshed out and you’re given ideas to use them.
Since then I’ve backed to Kickstarer campaigns with plans to do some more.
Hyperbeast –
I have plans to involve my group in a campaign around the scrum and villainary of my world and this book will help populate it!
FGrip (verified owner) –
Check out my thorough review here:
http://pawnsperspective.com/nord-games-ultimate-npcs-skulduggery-review/
hadoftw (verified owner) –
So many homebrew books and pdf’s out there just offer a statblock and a couple sentences of backstory. The full descriptions of each character in this book make them a breeze to RP as, since you already know every aspect about them. The scaling stat blocks are super convenient too for different level parties.
nchezrony (verified owner) –
This book has some great NPCs, but even better is that their stats are written out at different levels. This is my go-to reference when I want to make an NPC that is one level when the party meets them, and another later in the game.
raphael02 –
Excellent as both a source of inspiration and to rip straight out of, NPCs with just the right feel.
photodylan (verified owner) –
AN excellent resource for inserting ready to go NPCs, or for stealing ideas to create my own versions of them. I dont think you can ever have enough NPCs ready to go, and the multi level approach keeps them relevant throughout a campaign.
damion101 (verified owner) –
This was the first item I brought from the Nord games online store (I back all their Kickstarters). I used the s*#@ out of this resource for my thieves guild campaign. The ready to go stat blocks flushed out at each tier are amazing and give a ton of versatility. The backstory for each character is great, and dropped into my story seamlessly. Almost equally useful is the group of “minion” statblocks found in the back of the book. Lots of versatility here for flushing out distinct encounters without using the same old “spy” statblock over and over
Jehrid (verified owner) –
Loving reading through all of the characters in this book. Plenty of great NPC’s ready to drop into my Campaign.
Ahadfield (verified owner) –
I love this book. It’s so nice to have a variety of NPCs that I can use instead of having to roll up everything from scratch.
The only downsides (hence the 4 stars instead of 5) are that (1)there are a lot of the same classes where I’d have preferred more variety and (2) I’d like to see more character development/explanation besides just the ones for levels 1 and 4. For some of the NPCs, those two are plenty and I know how to play them when I pull them. For others, I have no idea and it makes it harder to use any of the presented backstory (and for just the stats, I can use the separate item that has the stat blocks/player sheets at different levels).
The additional ruffian and brigand stats at the end are amazing and so nice to have, though.
Jakob Tonkin –
Like the rest of the Nord games books this is an excellent resource, providing you both with 30 NPCS with fleshed out backstories that are just generic enough to fit into most settings but still feel real. Many of these (particularly Nihm) have made their way into my games as useful or hostile characters to add depth to storylines that have felt stale or shallow in prewritten wizards adventures.
Addtionally it provides a pile of statblocks for bandits, thieves etc that allow you to quickly build gangs of miscreinets for any level while keeping them challenging and interesting.
FilthyPeasant (verified owner) –
Super useful for reference. Sometimes you don’t wanna flip through the whole book for stats.
FilthyPeasant (verified owner) –
Super useful for dropping some quality NPCs into a game on the fly.
James Coke (verified owner) –
I can already tell that this is going to fit in well with my library of DnD books!
Shane Box (verified owner) –
Extremely valuable resource for creating intriguing rogue-type NPC’s. Tons of content here and the Organizations are a cool bonus. Can’t go wrong picking up this supplement.
Malidor (verified owner) –
Great product! Need some interesting NPCs to flesh out part of your setting? – they’re here. Want some pre-made characters of various levels to run a one-shot? – got it covered. This is my third purchase from Nord Games and I have been thrilled with all three products. Absolutely excellent!
Christian Will (verified owner) –
I was asked via email for a review so…
my order is still marked as processing after 2 weeks so i hope i can update this score in the very near future
Christian Will (verified owner) –
Now is the time to update my Review from earlier. In the meantime the Book arrived and it’s everything i had hoped for. Perfect Quality Product thats sure to be a great help at the table.
Magnus Carlsen (verified owner) –
Great Book filled with interesting, creative and easy to use Npcs. 10/10 would recommend! =)
Megaman640 (verified owner) –
This is a fantastic bestiary. All lore, artwork, and monster stats are amazing . The main NPC compendium of different npcs is fantastic to spice of a combat rather then use the same basic guards or knights from the monster manual.