Creative Differences - NPC Rodney (East Scarp)

Credit to the very talented Golden Coyotte.

Creative Differences introduces Rodney O'Brien, a new NPC who lives in East Scarp! He's rather friendly, even though he's also quite judgmental. He will warm up to you pretty quick, though! In this mod, you will experience Rodney's story through a lot of dialogue, 17 heart events and a very special custom item. He has dialogue for every movie, so take him to the movie theater, you (probably) won't regret it!

Rodney will often have an opinion about what's going on in the Valley (from the vanilla game, but also from many popular mods).

Oh, and on Wednesdays, he wears pink.

Name: Rodney O'Brien

Age: early 50s

Residence: The Silo in East Scarp.

Profession: Writer

Family and friends in the Valley: His nephew Elliott, Leah, Gus, Gunther.

Romanceable: Datable, but not marriageable.

You can find a guide to his events and his gift tastes below or on check Rodney's page on the East Scarp wiki for more details (including movies & concession tastes).

See spoiler below for his backstory! (you can skip it and find out while playing).

Rodney was born and raised in Zuzu City. He spent most of his life there. About 15 years prior to his move to Stardew Valley, his wife died, and he gradually withdrew himself from the world. His only preoccupation was to take care of his daughter Meredith. He stopped writing for a while.

When Meredith left for college, Rodney started to get bored and, quietly, started writing again. A few months before the farmer moved in Pelican Town, he settled there, following the advice of Elliott who kept saying how inspiring the Valley was for a writer.

Prior to the death of his wife, his writing career has been quite successful. His specialty is science fiction novels.

Rodney spends his time writing, ranting about science fiction, gazing at the ocean, gossiping and giving unwanted writing advice to Elliott. He will try to teach the farmer about tarot. He is also a metal music enjoyer and he loves shiny rocks.

Rodney likes to move around, and his schedule includes a lot of randomized elements. You will often catch him gazing at the ocean on the beach in East Scarp. He doesn't visit the saloon at night, but he is often there for lunch. The rest of the time, he will either read a book at the Library, torment coach Elliott while he's writing, sit on a cliff or just walk around town.

This mod includes 17 heart events. You can find out about how to trigger them below.

(four of them are random and are therefore not listed)

Main heart events (random events and crossovers are not listed here)