This is reminding me of the PbtA suite of games, particularly Masks since it's the one I've played the most. The primary prompts that you fill out at session zero are more about how the PCs relate to each other, though I've found that in a similar way, giving each person at the table at least 1-2 other existing connections to build off of can really help kickstart building the organic connections that develop as you go. There are some other prompts that I believe are more intended at building out the characters' backstory and are thus intended to be primarily populated by NPCs, but in the campaign I run, the players and I ended up reusing a couple of the NPCs across several characters' backstories. Possibly worth looking into if you haven't already, to see what you think of it?
IIRC in my game, because there weren't specific prompts to get us to consider doing otherwise, most of the characters ended up having similar relationships to the NPCs -- I like the idea of using something like this questionnaire to encourage having an NPC who knows several characters, have a different relationship to each.
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Date: 2024-11-06 08:17 am (UTC)IIRC in my game, because there weren't specific prompts to get us to consider doing otherwise, most of the characters ended up having similar relationships to the NPCs -- I like the idea of using something like this questionnaire to encourage having an NPC who knows several characters, have a different relationship to each.