Posts Tagged by vivid
| December 15, 2011 | Posted by Don Mappin |
The most common descriptions used to build a memorable NPC focus on their visual appearance, unusual quirks and mannerisms, or perhaps a voice or accent. In a few rare cases other senses, such as smell (seriously, I’ve used this) or…taste. One area that’s seldom used is the color pallet to describe an NPC. On the surface this sounds strange I’ll grant you, but it works! I stumbled across this several years ago while reading Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey. At some point during the enthralling…
