{"id":8449,"date":"2026-06-04T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/?p=8449"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T21:02:06","slug":"lets-make-an-npc-ep-8-integrated-late-stage-cypher-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/2026\/06\/lets-make-an-npc-ep-8-integrated-late-stage-cypher-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Make an NPC Ep 8: Integrated (Late-Stage) (Cypher System)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9726\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8449-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/?powerpress_pinw=8449-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LetsMake_08.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><span data-offset-key=\"h1sl-0-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08_sq-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8450\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08_sq-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08_sq-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08_sq-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08_sq-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08_sq-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08_sq-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08_sq-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LetsMake_08_sq-1200x1200.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\">Crash<\/a> preps for his Cypher campaign by writing up an NPC description for future use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This series is heavily inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/chirp.enworld.org\/@slyflourish\">Mike Shea of Sly Flourish<\/a> recording his own game prep.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow this series on\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#x25b6;Let&#8217;s Make RSS Feed: <a href=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/tag\/lets-make\/feed\/\">https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/tag\/lets-make\/feed\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#x25b6;Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cogwheelgaming\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cogwheelgaming<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#x25b6;Mastodon: <a href=\"https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@cogwheel\" rel=\"me\">https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@cogwheel<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Not on Mastodon? 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