Sunday, 12 April 2015

People generator

I created this "people" generator to abolish the common, Earth based stereotypes in fantasy worlds. Northerners in most fantasy games are tall, muscular blond guys, like vikings, people in the desert have dark brown skin, they are tall and have curly black hair, just like in real world, etc. etc.
If you preferred that your fantasy world didn't have these tropes, wait no longer! With this people generator now you can create randomized groups of people for your countries, no need to have the same boring stuff everyone else has!



This generator describes the general trends in groups of people, and of course, exceptions are bound to occur, but it gives a good idea for you and your players when describing a crowd.

You can of course use the same generator to create other races than humans, dwarves, elves, and so on, but I did not include fantastical colors, like golden eyes, or silver skin, but you add them to the tables with no problem.


Body

Height, d10
1-3
Short
4-7
Moderate
8-10
Tall

Body type, d10
1
Heavy, muscular
2-3
Heavy, moderate
4-7
Moderate
8-9
Light, Moderate
10
Very light


Hair and skin

Skin tone, d6
1
Very light, pale
2
Fair
3
Fair, light brown
4
Olive, light brown
5
Brown, dark brown
6
Dark brown, black

Hair color, d10
1-2
Fair, red
3-5
Fair, red, light brown
6-8
Light brown, dark brown
9-10
Dark brown, black

Hair type, d4
1
Straight
2
Straight, wavy
3
Wavy, curly
4
Curly

Face and eyes

Eye color, d10
1
Blue, gray
2-4
Blue, gray, green
5-6
Green, amber, light brown
7-9
Amber, light brown, dark brown
10
Dark brown, black

Eye shape, d10
1-2
Strongly slanted downwards
3-4
Slightly slanted downwards
5-6
No significant slanting
7-8
Slightly slanted upwards
9-10
Strongly slanted upwards

Facial structure, d10
1
Prominent, strong features
2-4
Strong features
5-6
Moderate features
7-9
Light, rounded features
10
Very light, rounded features


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