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Here's a rough concept for NPC Generation. While it claims to be quick, its not. The generator is pulling in data from 3 different databases for names, home towns, and occupations. I can fix the slow response by caching those results. For the first cut, I wanted comprehensive coverage rather than than speed.

Currently, the generator doesn't handle Paranormal Talents in any way. Additionally, it tries to achieve skills with prereqs by adding the prereq skills at minimal levels. Should the advanced skill show up with appropriate prereq's, it will be added. Doesn't happen often but it does.

I replaced Nationality with Ethnicity. The bulk of my data sources are US Census materials so nationality seemed moot. Occupations are not coordinated with education levels. I plan on trying to make them more coupled. Scores for skills are not calculated. Skill scores are the element I decided to withhold to ensure users owned the book.

Useful?

Very neat. I dont see skills with primitive weapons(sword, polearm,etc) being so common in a modern campaign setting. Id also skip the psychic powers myself. But it is an useful tool that can get the bare bones of a character in seconds- then skills can be exchanged or ignored.
AWesome work.

Blood axe wrote:Very neat. I dont see skills with primitive weapons(sword, polearm,etc) being so common in a modern campaign setting. Id also skip the psychic powers myself. But it is an useful tool that can get the bare bones of a character in seconds- then skills can be exchanged or ignored.
AWesome work.

Selection of skills by genre is a good idea. Perhaps Modern, Fantasy, others? PT's will eventually be turned on or off by another option. Once I get them done. Thanks for the feedback.

Very cool! I'll make a sticky for resources and link to this.

Goblinoid Games wrote:Very cool! I'll make a sticky for resources and link to this.

Nice, thanks Daniel.

Also, PT's are in, you can turn them on or off as an option. Plus a couple of speed improvements and some improvements on layout.

Oops, my optimization introduced a sex/name mismatch. It's fixed. I also added skill score calculation. I was going to leave it out but without the rules, reverse engineering the attributes used would be difficult.