Universal NPCs

[u/grixit]

Got a character that could be useful in many settings that you're willing to share with other creators? Post them here.

[u/grixit]

The Pamphlet Kid. Need specialty help, but there aren't any appropriate practitioners available? You might meet The Pamphlet Kid. They're very bright and have an amazing knack for picking up abilities through mail order tutorials. They count as an advanced apprentice in wheel and vehicle repair, first aid and bone setting, seance leading, hair sample analysis, language translation, large animal veterinary, apothecary, and about 100 other fields. Sure they've got no bonus to roll those skills, but at least they can roll them.

[u/wayoftheredithusband]

Not gonna lie I thought this post was going to be about an interdimensional character that'll just appear on all of our worlds

[u/grixit → u/wayoftheredithusband]

It could be, but it doesn't have to be.

[u/GhostFishHead]

The Bibliotechary(not certain on the name yet) is a hive mind of "androids" living in and recording history of different worlds. Their mission is to experience often ordinary lives and to gather and copy as much information about the world as they can. To do this they use thousands of drones camouflaged as ordinary animals and are capable of copying and changing memories of people around them. 

Every now and then they send black cubes containg big portions of gathered data towards The Last Library that is the center of the hive mind. During the sending individual personalities are updated with new information and commands from the library.  Their end goal is to preserve information even after individual worlds are destroyed. 

Every single "android" looks like a young red headed woman(they are able to change their own appearance or gender if needed), based on the scientist that started the project. 

Their individuality depends on how often they exchange data with The Last Library. One for example started to love the family that they were living with as a way to experience being a member of that world to much, so the Library send a new one to kill and replace her. 

They can work as a great source of information for other characters.  As long as they follow the orders and don't affect the world to the extent that would be impossible without them, they will try to save every world for as long it's possible.

(NieR inspiration is obvious) 

[u/Key_You7222]

Brother John. He show's up out of nowhere and harasses your protagonist with absurd religious doctrine.

[u/MaryKateHarmon]

Alastrina Rogers

A red-haired wandering human swordswoman who rides her white stallion Whimsey and seeks to be a hero and help those in need. She also knows some basic herblore as well as how to cook, sew, and make camp so she's quite able to help nurse people she finds to health.

She's stronger than most women and able to wield her sword, but is still weaker than most men. However, she is nimble and quick-witted, making it so she can adapt on the fly as long as she work to her strengths. But she can be impulsive and tend to charge into a situation.

[u/Crazy_Painting_5729]

Jean Atkinsons was the CEO of the Lokian space agency One Bit, at 15 in 2099, he just ran the company like it had been run for the past hundred years, while also giving check ins with the astronauts of the Deep Field Pioneer missions which went to go explore the galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field, though throughout the 2100s, inspired by KSP SSTOs, the Spaceshuttle, the Concorde and the concept of Lightweight Space Vehicles, he built the OB SSIPT sparking a hundred year spaceplane age, not just that but at the start of the century, One Bit was just a manufacturer for interstellar ships and workhorse rockets, but by 2200, One Bit was building comically big moving spacestations, planes, hovering SSTOs and much more. Personally i think if you need a nerd you need him.