Talk:NPC Template

Regarding NPC Categories

The basic categories I'm using atm. Feel free to make suggestions or criticism I am by all means a WikiMedia beginner.

[[Category:NPCs]] (the top level category)
  [[Category:Serbule NPCs]] (within a given zone)
  [[Category:Crypt NPCs]] (within a given dungeon)
  etc.

Note that I have started using these categories with DynamicPageLists in the Zone articles! Thus adding a new NPC to Serbule NPCs category will automatically show up under "Friendly NPCs" of the relevant Zone. — Unsigned comment added by Gorgonzola (talk • contribs)

Proposed Changes

Should we have a category or some other notation for NPCs who will/won't talk to players in beast forms? Karunama (talk) 01:54, 7 October 2014 (CDT)

I don't have Beast Forms gameplay experience, but it makes sense if it is not super obvious in-game. So you mean like eg. the Suspicious Cow in Eltibule? Well if we have a category something like "Beast Form Friendly NPCs" then we can make a DPL (DynamicPageList) listing within Beast Forms. But... is it the case that some talk to spider but not wolf, some talk to wolf but not cow , etc? (I don't know). If not, then the category makes sense. Next we could potentially add that to a future Template:NPC infobox eg. "Talks to Beasts" yes/no. Until then, we can add it to the NPC pages so we don't forget. I think it would fit in the intro text? Another sentence "John Doe talks to players in [[Beast Forms[Beast Form]]" as it will be high up the page, and it won't clog most pages (I think it's limited to a few NPCs). We could also add a section only on relevant NPCs. I prefer the extra sentence so we don't needlessly lengthen the NPC pages for this small info. In time, we can move this info to the "NPC infobox" (another sidebar "info card" thingy). But either way is fine. Cheers --Gorgonzola (talk) 04:48, 7 October 2014 (CDT)

Shop Table Layout (new template with icons)

Btw, I realize now there is no column for Favor. It sounds like favor is often a requirement and may be worth documenting. On the other hand I think you soon realize as a player, that nearly everything of value is going to be locked with favor anyway. But that's just me. For the time being, don't worry.. with this template format, it is only a matter of adding a new parameter, if we really need to add favor as a column.. we can do it. Just i'd rather focus on other priorities as long as it works reasonably well. The template can accomodate any number of rows. It allows to make complex formatting of table rows with little code in the article. --Gorgonzola (talk) 08:16, 7 October 2014 (CDT)