NPC Portraits Deck: Quest Guardians

These are the NPCs you’re likely to meet on a quest. Some may be the evil genius defending a lair, others may be asking you to help guard against raiders, and some help start your quest.

Each card has a portrait on one side and a personality and background on the other. Quirks make them memorable. Leverage makes role-playing them interesting. Tactics describe how they fight.

These system-neutral cards feature an inclusive range of ethnicities and fantasy races.

Note: PDF download includes a zip of three files: One with each side of a card as its own 3.75"x2.75" page, a second which is a form-fillable version of the first, and a third file where the first four cards are on one 8.5"x11" page and the second is the backs of those cards (laid out so they can be printed front/back.) In either case, trim each card down to the standard 3.5"x2.5" card size--the extra is to allow for a "bleed". (Some extra artwork so if the front and back don't line up perfectly, the trimming still looks OK.)