NPC Random emotes and one liners

[kalbaern]

Most everyone here will agree that the various NPCs that speak or emote randomly add to the atmosphere of the module. What can get tiring, no ... make that exhausting, to me is coming up with all the different options and trying to make each type of NPC differ from others.

So lets chime in! Help contribute to our shared experiences here. You don't need to be a builder or scripter to have an impact after all.

I recently, in addition to random one line conversations responses when you click on the male commoners in Orlbar, added new AI scripts that let them randomly emote or speak occasionally on their own. They can even randomly comment on the current weather. Anyhow, town/region specific message for most NPCs I think I have pretty well covered. I'll also be adding in -informative- one liners for most townsfolk. Examples would be a male commoner in Orlbar saying "I should go see Myrta and see if she has a salve for my rash" or "Hmm, I need to remember stop at Kriero's for some butter and flour or the wife will mount my head on a pike tonight".

What I could use help with is one liners or emotes that are more generic and can be used by similar NPCs. I.e., things a male commoner might say or emote, regardless of whether they are in Orlbar or Secomber.

Here's a list of NPC types needing inspiration.

- Male Commoners / Human

- Female Commoners / Human

- Male Drunks / Human

- Female Drunks / Human

- City Guards / Human

- Zhentarim Guards

- Male Child / Human

- Female Child / Human



For right now, I'm mainly focusing on human NPCs, but will eventually need ideas for other races of the types above (excepting Zhentarim of course). So feel free to make suggestions for them if you desire.

[Snubletraad]

- Male Commoners / Human
-- *mutters* "Where's my hat?"
-- *tips hat*
-- *inhales from a large pipe* (includes the smoking emote)

- Female Commoners / Human
-- "Come along, kids!"
-- *mutters to herself as she rushes along* "All I needed was a cucumber, but of course he had none."
-- "Forgot me umbrella, I did" (when raining)

- Male Drunks / Human
-- *hic*
-- *scratches groin*
-- *scratches rear*
-- *scratches ear*
-- *belches*
-- *farts*
-- *vomits*
-- "Cheerio, Miss Sophie!"

- Female Drunks / Human
-- *hic*
-- *adjusts top to reveal more cleavage*
-- "Gimme dat!"

- City Guards / Human
-- *stands at attention*
-- *his gaze follows you as you pass*
-- "No littering." (Loudwater)


- Zhentarim Guards
-- "No urinating in the streets." (Llorkh)

- Male Child / Human
-- *to //insert female characters name* "You have a large bum, Miss!"
-- *to //instert male characters name if fighter type* "That's a big sword, Mister!"
-- *throws a ball down the street* "Catch!"
-- "Dad caught a big boot in the harbor today!"

- Female Child / Human
-- *plays with doll*
-- *wipes snotty nose with sleeve*

[hyurg]

For some reason I think about street urchins running up to greet you while another picks your pocket of a couple gp.

Male Drunk: *pees in the corner*