4&5 NPC connections

The next step creates more connections between the PCs and NPCs in the village. Go around and on each player's turn, have them pick any one question from step 4, answering it with the name of one or

Ask follow-up questions as they occur to you (like, "Owena is your wife—do you have any kids?" or, "You're secretly watching over Gerlt? Why?") Encourage the players to ask each other questions as well.

more NPCs who live in Stonetop.

Players can invent new NPCs or reuse NPCs previously established. If they introduce a new NPC, suggest that they pick a name from the unused choices on their playbook.

Add new NPCs to the appropriate sections of the Stonetop steading playbook. Assign each one an occupation and a trait. (Alternately, just take notes for now and add them to the playbook later.)

Once everyone has gone once, repeat the process. This time, though, the players can pass instead of answering another question. Keep going until everyone has passed.

Before you move on to step 6, ask each PC the following (unless the answers are already clear):

Are you married? Single? Betrothed? Widowed? Any kids?

Are your parents still alive? Your grandparents? Siblings?