Hi, welcome to Narrative Control. This episode is on Living City, a technique of giving conrol of NPCs to the players and allowing them to bring more life to your world as well as turn the story in the directions they are exited about.
Hosts: Sean Nittner and Justin Evans
Liner Notes
[0:38] Introduction – Living City [0:40] Source – John Wick's Play Dirty [1:28] Justin answers “What is Living City?”[3:00] How it's done. John Wick's example: NPCs given to player.[4:39] Pitfalls with antagonistic or knowledgeable NPCs?[5:30] Disseminating information through the players. [6:00] Sean's use of a similar techniques in his Mage: The Awakening game. [8:30] NPC Information: Name, Nature, Aspects and Motivation [9:47] Bread Crumbs. How changing information on the cards can throw players off balance.[11:15] The technique gives players who would normally be out of scene a chance to play. [11:29] How to make up NPCs on the fly: Sins and Virtues cards. [11:47] Show Notes vs. Schnotes batt
