NPC Generator [Post Apocalyptic Careers]

Originally built by Clarence Redd the designer at FrostBite Books who are responsible for M-Space, Odd Soot and other other d100 games using the Mythras engine.

The generator assumes that the occupation or general role of the NPC is already known by the GM. Ultimately, this is driven by player choice. Do the PCs enter a hardware shop? Chat with a police patrolling the neighbourhood? This gives the GM a foundation to add the following details to.

NPC

Gender: Roll on "Gender"

Age: Roll on "Age"

Demeanour: Roll on "Demeanour"

Profession: Roll on "Post Apocalyptic Careers"

Roll on "Goals"

Roll on "Personality Type"

Roll on "Motivation"

Background Event: Roll on "Odd or Even" Roll on "Background Event:"

Subcharts

Personality Type (d100)

d100	Result
1-20	Personality Type: Role Model. Agreeable extrovert, open to new experiences. Very conscientious. People over 40, especially women, dominate this group.
21-60	Personality Type: Average. Neurotic, not open to new experiences. Passably agreeable and conscientious.
61-80	Personality Type: Self-Centred. Disagreeable extrovert, not very open to new experiences. Unconscientious. Young males are most common in this group. Girls below 15 and women above 60 hardly ever appear here.
81-100	Personality Type: Reserved. Emotionally stable and introvert. Conscientious.

Motivation (d10)

d10	Result
1	Motivation: Money. Money is a strong motivator both to the poor and the wealthy. But for very different reasons.
2	Motivation: Status (in any Circle). These individuals want to impress their friends, colleagues, neighbours or any other Circles they deem important.
3	Motivation: Logic & Orderliness. These persons base their lives on rational thought, suppressing emotions in the long run.
4	Motivation: Have Fun. Drinking beer, going to the theatre, playing games, gossiping - nothing is more important to joy seekers.
5	Motivation: Do nothing. Rest and relaxation is seen as the basis for a good life. Anything interfering with that must go. From the outside, it might look like laziness.
6	Motivation: Altruism. Even the tiniest creature deserves kindness. A person with this motivation strongly believe we should all help each other.
7	Motivation: Faith (any religion). Investing their time and soul in a deity and/or congregation. Either compassion or intolerance follows.
8	Motivation: Circle (any). Spending their time and energy on family, neighbours, colleagues, the local pub, book reading club - or any other Circle in their life.
9	Motivation: Expertise (any area). A drive to be the best - or at least keep improving - in any skill.
10	Motivation: Health. Their goal is to stay healthy - or keep an illness from getting worse.

Background Event: (d100)

d100	Result
1-10	Money. Gain: Pay raise, inheritance, crime. Lose: Gambling, losing job, crime, making a bad deal.
11-20	Spouse. Gain: Newly wed. Lose: Death by accident or illness, divorce, moving to find a job.
21-30	Child. Gain: Childbirth, homecoming of grown-up kids. Lose: Death by accident or illness, leaving home for a colony, a falling out after a longtime quarrel.
31-40	Health. Gain: New medication, surgery. Lose: Contracting a disease, accident, first signs of The Soot.
41-50	Friend. Gain: New acquaintance, return of an old friend. Lose: Death, a falling out over money, love or differing views.
51-60	Enemy. Gain: A misunderstanding, a competitor in business, work, love or status, crime. Lose: An old grudge ironed out.
61-70	Work/Business. Gain: A new job, being promoted or making a good business deal. Lose: Losing job, being demoted, losing a good customer, outpaced by competitor.
71-80	Success. Gain: Any recent endeavours have been successful. Lose: Nothing goes the way it should.
81-90	Talent. Gain: A newly acquired skill, finishing education. Lose: Bodily or mental limitations because of age or illness.
91-100	Faith. Self-explanatory.

Odd or Even (d2)

d2	Result
1	Lose...
2	Gain...

Demeanour (d12)

d12	Result
1	Happy
2	Nervous
3	Indifferent
4	Angry
5	Alert
6	Brooding
7	Suspicious
8	Irritated
9	Curious
10	Sad
11	Stiff
12	Careless

Gender (d11)

d11	Result
1-5	Male
6-10	Female
11	Other

Age (d13)

d13	Result
1	Younger
2-3	20 Something
4-6	30 Something
7-10	40 Something
11-12	50 Something
13	Older

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