Random Character Generator
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RCG
At long last! It's here!
THE RANDOM CHARACTER GENERATOR!
Made to be used with The DYN Challenge feel free to use any or all features of this RCG to create npcs or characters on the fly!
It requires 1 D6 and 1 D 20 to play and is organized in 3 categories Appearance, Qualities, Back Ground
Appearance
character name is a build, appearance, gender species.
Build – roll a single d12
1) Healthy
2) Skinny
3) Pudgy
4) Fit
5) Lean
6) Plump
7) Muscular
8) Wiry
9) Fat
10) Burly
11) Obese
12) Starvinly thin
Appearance roll 1 d 12 once or twice
1) Clean
2) Filthy
3) Slovenly
4) Disorganized
5) Wealthy
6) Poor
7) Well dressed
8) Tribal
9) Well trimmed
10) Fluffy
11) Healthy
12) Sickly '
Gender roll 1d6.
Evens girl
Odds boy '
Species choose or roll 1d6.
Evens =woodlander
Odds = vermin'
Then roll 1 d8 respectively. Choices with multiple species means you are free to choose either or.
Woodlander:
1)Badger, 2)Bat, 3)Beaver 4)Hamster, or mouse Squirrel, 5)Hare or rabbit, 6)Hedgehog or mole 7) Otter or sea otter, 8)Pygmy Shrew, shrew or vole
Vermin:
1)Cat or wild cat, 2) Ermine, ferret, or stoat 3)Marten, Weasel 4)Fox, 5)Lizard, monitor lizard, or newt 6)Polecat, 7)Rat, 8)frog or toad'
QUALITIES:
Qualities roll 1 d 20 for each category. Roll 1 strength and roll 2 flaws. For every strength after that add 1 flaw.
If you roll the same quality twice then you are doubly talented or flawed in that area. The more you roll the same quality the better or worse you are at it.
Roll : Meaning
Once : You are not the best in your field, you are simply better than most.
Twice : You not only have training in this field, you have experience. This skill comes naturally to you like a fish in water.
Thrice + : You are legendary in this skill or a natural prodigy. You can stand against small armies and win, your musical talents bring people to tears, you can teach academics, accounting, and business to those who spend their lives devoted to this skill. Etc. etc.
OR
Roll : Meaning
Once : You are not the worst, you are just worse than most people.
Twice : You really are horrible at this quality to the point people think you purposely try to fail.
Thrice : This quality will get you killed one day.
If you roll a Strength, like being good with melee weapons, then roll a Flaw saying that you are horrible with melee weapons then you were once good with that quality, but your skills have diminished.
STRENGTHS : Not having a strength in the following categories doesn’t mean you can’t do them, it just means you can’t do them WELL.
1) Weapons : you have experience with or can use conventional weapons such as swords, knives, axes, clubs be they single pawed or two pawed.
2) Pole Arms: you know how to use a spear, javelin, staff.
3) Archery: you know how to use a bow or cross bow.
4) Hand to hand: you can box or use martial arts or at the very least know how to throw a punch.
5) Mercantile: haggling, bartering, business transactions.
6) Charisma: people are naturally drawn to your charm and witty comments.
7) Scholarly: you like to study about certain subjects in great detail, enough to educate others.
8) Scribe: Record keeping, accounting, book work, these things you do well.
9) Music: You can sing, dance, or play an instrument.
10) Survivalist: You know how to survive off the land.
11) Cook: You cook well.
12) Healer: You know how to treat injuries.
13) Seabeastship: you are a born sea beast! Yar!
14) Blacksmith: You can repair weapons and armor and may have skill with a forge.
15) Trade skill. Farming, sewing, carpentry, etc etc Things that no village can go without you know ONE of these skills.
16) Intelligent: You are an intelligent character.
17) Leadership: You know how to organize others, be it for an army or a bake sale.
18) Daring: You are very brave, or loyal to your friends.
19) Endurance: You have uncanny physical and emotional endurance. You take a licking and keep ticking.
20) Quality of your choice. Add your own strength.
FLAWS: Flaws are what balance your character. These are things you do WORSE than the average person.
1) Poor with weapons: even if you have training with them you still struggle to use weapons be they melee, or ranged.
2) Klutz: you have no awareness for tripping hazards or have butter fingers.
3) Tactless: You have the social skills of a turnip.
4) Glutton: You can easily eat until you are sick.
5) Coward: To live and run away…
6) Gullible: You don’t take things with a grain of salt.
7) Blood thirsty: Who can pass up a fight right, right?
8) Phobia / Paranoia: You have a rather embarrassing phobia of your choosing
9) Insane: You have a form of insanity.
10) Feeble: You are naturally weaker than most beasts.
11) Greed: It must be mine!!!
12) Vain / pride: This flaw is too cool to be around these other flaws.
13) Brute: You are not the most educated beast around, nor the brightest.
14) Snarky: Your mouth runs off ahead of you, usually off a cliff.
15) Cruel: You enjoy ruining another’s day
16) Cannibal: Every beast is equally eatable. Even ones of your own species.
17) Stubborn: You don’t deal well with people telling you what to do.
18) Impulsive: You leap into action…before you look.
19) Kleptomania: things tend to disappear around you.
20) Pyromania: Mwhahahahahahhah!
Background:
Background is divided into three categories. Environment. Early Life. Goal. Skip this if you already have a background planned.
Environment is where your character comes from and what kind of child hood they had.
Roll 1D6
1) You were born to a normal family. Your parents provided basic and possibly specialty jobs for your tribe or city. Your family has a long history of being potato farmers, guards, weavers, artists etc etc. Whatever paid the bills.
2) One or both of your parents died before you got to know them, either through natural causes or they were cut down in battle. You were left with family, friends, or in an abbey.
3) Your parents were poor. Dirt poor. They strived to give you the best they could but there were days you went hungry.
4) Your parents were filthy stinking rich, either merchants, or even nobles. They possibly had servants to tend to your needs when they were not around.
5) You come from a nomadic people. Perhaps a tribe, or refugees in search of a new home. Your parents were considered an exotic species where they settled.
6) Your family provided an important service to their nation, kingdom, city or village, a head guard, quartermaster, wine tester for the king etc etc.
Early life details how you reacted to the world around you in your early child hood or teens. Skip if you are playing a small child.
1) You were the dutiful child. You were well behaved. Your friends were up building and encouraged you to pursue good goals.
2) Even if you were poor you really didn’t have to struggle in your child hood. Most everything was done for you or given to you. You hardly got to work for any of it.
3) You were a rotten person growing up. You fell in with the wrong crowd and they encouraged you to live a more rebellious life style. Petty theft, vandalism and violence would have come naturally to you if you chose to pursue it.
4) You were always curious, loving to learn. As an industrious youth you pushed yourself hard to learn new skills and set goals, be they good or bad, you dived for them with lazar focus.
5) You did not have a happy child hood. Maybe it was a negative or abusive household. Maybe someone you loved met an avoidable death. Maybe it was poor economic conditions. Regardless if you overcame these problems your child hood still haunts you when you talk about it.
6) You had a normal child hood. Caring parents. Normal friends. It was good, but quite, boring and dull. If someone wrote a book about you, you would be a side character. It was THAT interesting.
Goal. Goals are what drives your character.
1) Love. You are motivated by love your fellow beast, your family, your friends, you do your best for their sake.
2) Meh. You have no real goals other than to live a happy life.
3) Hate. You are motivated by hatred, revenge, or were afflicted by injustice early on.
4) Material pursuits. Money is power, power to keep food on the table.
5) Quest. You were sent on a mission or quest or endeavor to fufill the wishes of your tribe, nation, or mentor.
6) Free spirit. You climb mountains just to see what’s on the other side.
Hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to post what character you created here or your own RCG lists!
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