Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Post-apocalyptic character appearance generator

I love random tables. I don't always use them in gaming, but they sure make me laugh. They're also helpful for when the creative juices aren't flowing. 
Inspired by watching Mad Max: Fury Road in theaters, this set of tables let's you generate appearances for those left alive after it all goes to hell...

Feel free to weight the results, depending on the particular crippling mutations the local scavenger tribes have...

Build
1 Cadaverous
2 Hard & Lean
3 Bulbous
4 Hulking
5 Elongated
6 Stumpy

Skin
1 Flaking
2 Scaly 
3 Tumorous
4 Bulging
5 Sallow
6 (Sun) burnt
7 Cracked
8 Scarred

Eyes
1 Cycloptic
2 Bulging
3 Squinting
4 Milky
5 Unnatural
6 Haunted

Hair
1 None. Bald or hairless in the first place
2 Militaristic buzz cut
3 Rat's-nest (curls or tangles)
4 Dreadlocks
5 Wispy (not much left)
6 Patchy (probably falling out due to rads)

Tattoo Locations
1 Arm(s)
2 Leg(s)
3 Hand(s)
4 Foot/Feet
5 Face
6 Scalp
7 Chest
8 Stomach
9 Back (post-apoc tramp stamp?)
10 You don't want to know where

Tattoo Designs
1 Skull (or bones, whatever)
2 Fire (or whatever caused the apocalypse)
3 Religious (current religion, or something before the end)
4 Anachronistic (a totemic artifact? Statue of Liberty in sand?)
5 Weapon (Gun, knife, nuke, petri dish?)
6 Name (or symbol indicating name)
7 Vehicle part (engine, wheel, exhaust pipe)
8 Vehicle (WITNESS MEEE)
9 Portrait (Tattoo your own face on the back of your head? Wicked!)
10 Creature (something awesome, like a dingo or a R.O.U.S.)
11-12 roll twice again (if you roll 11 or 12 AGAIN, keep rolling until the character looks like Jack from Mass Effect)

Piercing Locations 
1 Ear
2 Nose
3 Lip
4 Brow
5 Jaw
6 You don't want to know. Somewhere else. 

Piercing Objects
1 Ring
2 Bar
3 Currency (or whatever passes for it these days)
4 Bone
5 Bullet
6 Used syringe (you're not gonna live long enough to die from it)

Scar Locations
1 Face
2 Neck
3 Chest
4 Stomach
6 Left leg
7 Right leg
8 Left foot
9 Right foot
10 Left arm
11 Left hand
12 Right arm
13 Right hand
14-17 roll twice again
18-20 roll thrice again
Keep rolling if you feel like. There isn't much scar creme in the end times. 

Scar Designs
???

XTREEM Mods
1 Insertion
2 Spikes
3 Amputation
4 Burns
5 Teeth (grills, sharpened, etc)
6 Grafted weapon(s)

Missing Body part(s)
1 Arm
2 Leg
3 Hand
4 Foot
5 Eye
6 Ear
7 Lips
8 Nose
9 Hair
10 Teeth
11 Finger(s)
12 Toe(s)

Clothing Material
1 Human skin (HELL YEAH!)
2 Leather
3 Armor
4 From before (Vault jumpsuit?)
5 Rags
6 (Almost) nude?

1 comment:

  1. I got a fat, sallow-skinned, bald mutant with milky eyes. He also has sharpened teeth.

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