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This isn't a software nor has any GUI, but I use a simple wiki for this task, and I developped a quite simple plug-in to display backlink on a page (so on the Lex Luthor wiki page you can see "hates Superman", and without needing any addition from me, Lex Luthor pops out in the Superman page).
It's free, implements search engine, accessible from anywhere ...
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Labyrinth is exactly what you want. You have the ability to populate multiple maps with characters, places & objects, link them together and write a bunch of notes for every one of them.
Also there are a time tracking tool and plugins for cryptography (yes, riddles) and relationship calculations.
I've found it preparing an investigative game and it ...
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I asked this exact question on my blog after asking Relationship Mechanics for D&D/Pathfinder? here. I've gotten a large number of suggestions, none of which I have successfully used - they all basically seem to be too much work for the value they give.
Per suggestions from the post I've looked at yED, The Brain, Kumu, Freeplane, XMind, and Omnigraffle ...
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Not a tool per se, but there are some interesting techniques and shorthand conventions in the Smallville RPG book that does essentially what you want.
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I believe that what you are looking for best modelled as a graph.
Graphviz is a graph drawing tool and as such is suitable for modelling NPC relationships. However, it fails on your requirements: it is general thus complex, is not RPG specific, and has no GUI. However, since you widen your question, here is the comment expended as an answer. I have used ...
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The closest I've come to this was Xmind. It lets you make huge hierarchies of nodes and relationships between them. I've seen a bunch of other mind mapping software out there, but what I found helpful with this one was that you could zoom in and refocus on a single node and its children, ignoring the parts of the game that weren't quite relevant.
Where it ...
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