So what about random inquisitor warband generation? To be sure, most options are constrained by available bitz and base figures, but leaving that aside, there is something to be said for random generation of characters. Random generation often leads to different ideas than you might have if you were planning things out more rationally, giving a different set of strengths and weaknesses, and for role playing games, can create emergent role play just from stats alone.
Example Process for generating a random Inquisitor and Warband:
Roll for Starting Profile: 3d6
| 3 to 4 | Level 4 Psyker |
| 5 to 6 | Level 3 Psyker |
| 7 to 8 | Level 2 Psyker |
| 9 | Level 1 Psyker |
| 10 to 11 | Level 1 Blunt |
| 12 to 13 | Level 2 Blunt |
| 14 to 15 | Level 3 Blunt |
| 16 to 18 | Level 4 Blunt |
| 3d6 | Name | # | Included Concepts |
| 3 | Alien, Other | 1 | Ork, Tau, jokaero, Necron, Human Null, Vespid, Hrud, Zoat, etc. |
| 4 | Alien, common | 1 | Craftworld Eldar, Kroot, Harlequin, Squat |
| 5 | Creature | d2 | wardog, grinx, servo skull, cyberhound, watcher in the dark, psyber eagle |
| 6 | Mutant | d3 | twist, scaly, Ogryn, Ratling |
| 7 | Investigator(s) | d3 | Enforcer, arbite, police officer, detective |
| 8 | Assassin(s) | d2 | Death cultists, blades for hire, bounty hunters |
| 9 | Adept(s) | d3 | Scribe, savant, researcher, dialogous |
| 10 | Guardsmen | d4 | Veteran, recruit, mine wiped, retired, skitarii |
| 11 | Acolyte(s) | d2 | Acolyte, interrogator, Explicator |
| 12 | Scum | d6 | Thug, muscle, gun slinger, servitors, body guards |
| 13 | Cleric(s) | d3 | Preacher, abbot, missionary, confessor, Commissar |
| 14 | Techpriest | 1 | Priest, enginseer, electro priest, magos |
| 15 | Psyker | 1 | navigator, astropath, battle psyker, witch, telekine, mystic, sage |
| 16 | Sister(s) of Battle | d3 | SoB, Crusaders, repentia |
| 17 | Space Marine | 1 | Deathwatch, seconded marines, Grey Knight |
| 18 | Daemon host | 1 | Bound, unbound, daemon weapon |
Fluff rolls:
d6 Ordos: Malleus/Hereticus/Xenos/Other
d10 Philosophy: Thorian, Amalathian, Monodominant, Istvaanist, Recongregationist, Xanthist, Antiquarist, Casophilist, Horusian, Other
d6 Sex: M/F/Unknown
d8 Home World Type: Feral, Hive, Imperial, Void, Schola Progenium, Noble, Forge World, out of sector (names if you have them)
Thoughts? Obviously the infamous d1000 personal attributes table is missing, but I am sure we can fudge something together...
Useful links:
Dice Roller:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm
Inqusitor stat roller:
http://www.geocities.ws/dagwklub/Inquisitor/random.html
Name Generator:
http://www.malleus.dk/Ordo/NameGenerator.aspx
Dark Heresy character generator
http://www.malleus.dk/Ordo/NpcGenerator/Default.aspx
4 comments:
1 Amalathian of the Ordo Malleus, a female voidborn lvl. 2 psyker
1 Techpriest, a male forgeworlder
1 Acolyte interrogator, a male hive worlder
1 Acolyte explicator, Schola Progenium
1 Wardog
1 Cyber eagle
Great tool. Random generation does tend to add interest and I'm already intrigued by this group.
If you wanted to put together a whole new d1000, I'd definitely contribute some entries. It could even be a long-term crowdsourcing project. Anyone who wanted in could maybe reserve a block of entries, possibly a multiple of ten, then put together a themed sublist and leave or link it in the comments.
Thanks Porky... the idea of a d1000 chart is pretty daunting to say the least, but the original chart only had ~130 options, which is much more achivable. The question is though, do you make it all appreance, or equipment/stat changes as well?
Also, not sure why the format on this is screwed up, but it is annoying. So much for WYSIWYG editors...
If you wanted to go for it, I'd plug it too and jump in right away.
I was thinking appearance or features with no effect in terms of rules, but when I started rolling specific entry ideas around in my mind, I realised many could have minor rules or more measurable effects attached. It could be interesting to have a mix of appearance and equipment / stat changes and not worry overly about balance - some entries cosmetic only, others potentially very powerful. That might not be everyone's cup of tea though. Your call.
Re the formatting, if it's only the spacing that's the issue, and you're using the Blogger editor, you should be able to switch to the HTML view and remove the line breaks, i.e. each use of
. The mismatch between editor version and final really can be a pain.
Ha - the software seems to have assumed I wanted a line break in my comment. The code element to be removed is a 'br', followed by a slash, inside inequality signs, i.e. < >.
This...
www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_br.asp
... but with the slash.
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