Pathfinder Second Edition: NPC Core

Populate your Pathfinder world with memorable allies, dangerous enemies, skilled professionals, and everyday characters using Pathfinder Second Edition: NPC Core. Designed as a practical resource for Game Masters, this 240-page hardcover provides more than 250 NPC stat blocks, making it easier to bring towns, organizations, encounters, and adventures to life without having to build every character from scratch.

The NPC Core offers a broad selection of characters, from servants, farmers, and performers to cunning mercenaries, powerful spellcasters, martial artists, engineers, and villains. NPCs are designed to be flexible, with adjustments that let you quickly modify ancestry, level, and other details to better fit the needs of your campaign.

Game Masters will also find NPCs tailored to non-human ancestries, along with themed sections containing useful lore, custom rules, and random tables. Whether you need a dwarf general to lead an encounter, a goblin gang to complicate an adventure, or a kobold guardian to protect a hidden location, NPC Core gives you tools for creating encounters that feel connected to the world around your players.

As part of the Pathfinder Second Edition Remaster line, NPC Core is an excellent addition to a Game Master's reference shelf. It helps reduce preparation time while giving you the flexibility to create richer communities, unexpected encounters, recurring characters, and memorable challenges throughout your campaign.