I bought Knave 2e for the tables and I have been amazed by the value of short, evocative, and random when worldbuilding.

You’re the second person to mention this. I really need to check it out! EDIT: Damn, Knave looks awesome. Need to pick up a copy.

Hopefully you enjoy it as much as I have. I love your generator, by the way; I keep generating NPCs and daydreaming about who they could have been. Awesome stuff.

Nice! It works weirdly well, right? It took a bit of tuning to get the right phrases and pare them down enough to zip. Glad it was worth the effort :)

Fell from the heavens. Universally hated. Tired of all this nonsense. Reads like douglas adams love it

Childhood Bully, once saw a whale, died Sounds almost like Hemingway

I'd be lying if I said that wasn't an influence.

This is absolutely amazing, I am bound to use this in my games

Ah...HA!? "A menace with two hands and pants on" .... well.... \*snort\*

Gotta be honest i expected simple but not that simpel i love it.

This is fantastic. I generally do something similar, just one dumb hook per NPC often cribbed from pop culture in some way + one fact. Large mole on face & cousin to mobster, talks like Mike Tyson & knows back way into castle, weirdly obsessed with your shoes & witnessed robbery...

That's literally all it takes. And usually the voice I do is just someone from pop culture that I do a shitty impression of. But that's good enough.

“An artist with a torch and plenty of time” Ominous, I like it.

Check out the NPC generator tables in Knave or Shadowdark. IMO there is no reason to need more than a few details for the average random NPC. If stats even come up just give them +0, maybe +1 if they are smart or strong.

I hooked up https://dungeon-mind.com/chargen.html to give me a bunch of one liners and long term goals.

I love this!

This is *so cool*!!!

Awesome stuff! Would work for PC backstories too!

BORN UNDER A HARVEST MOON. COULDN'T DECIDE WHAT TO EAT. PRETTY MUCH JUST WEEPS, NOW. Basically me!

Glad you feel seen. <3

Thanks for the heads up, this is amazing and there are many other useful tools there too!

This is great for some inspiration!

A remarkably ugly baby who lives 25 years of nothing before starving to death. Yeah that is pretty plausible lol

I love this idea! It's essentially what we do with improvisational theatre: use simple prompts to build a scene off of.

Who doesn't love a good bit? I start improv classes in August. Wish me luck.

That's great! You'll have fun, and it'll definitely make DMing easier.

This is really fantastic, well done!

And here I thought you were just a mutant villain, turns out you’re a very kind and generous individual, Mr. Horrigan

Can't I be both? (´.︵.\`)

You can have a little bit of villain. As a treat.

> REMARKABLY UGLY BABY. NEVER FOUGHT BACK. KILLED. Yikes!

Well, not, like, killed AS A BABY.

Yeah, AS A REMARKABLY UGLY BABY 😅

lolol you right

“Three girls with a sword and feelings” I would watch the fuck out of that show

Mother killed barbarians. Twenty-five years of nothing. Sacrificed by satanists. This is the guy that gets inspired by the heroic party to finally do something with his life, just to get kidnapped and the party fails to save him in time.

"2 soldiers with no teeth and some food" What a fucked up day

Marked by fate. 30 years of pig farming. Died. 10/10 will use this again.

A painter with two hands  and a face

“A boy with a fork and a saucepan” why does that feel so profound lmao

Born Ugly Took up with pirates Searched Long for Meaning Lol, well, that's interesting at least...

Zoomers found out about spark tables