One Word Character Generator

Using the below tables, you can make all the relevant choices needed to make a fully fledged tabletop roleplaying game character! These tables are system and genre agnostic. I have kept the tables to one word for each heading to leave a level of creativity up to you. The use of the d6 was simply accessibility.

Example character:

Look: Scruffy

Flaw: Foolish

Personality: Excitable

Comrade: Indebted

Adventure: Escape

Thrax is a scruffy, foolish but excitable person. They travel out of penance because they are indebted to protect their friend Sarl whose partners were killed by Thrax’s inaction to stop a crime from happening. Now they adventure to escape their past.

Identifying Look (D6)

1. Scruffy

2. Sickly

3. Pristine

4. Attractive

5. Flashy

6. Hideous

Character Flaw (D6)

1. Foolish

2. Greedy

3. Stubborn

4. Egotistical

5. Impatient

6. Cowardly

Personality Type (D6)

1. Thoughtful

2. Gruff

3. Charming

4. Excitable

5. Helpful

6. Gentle

Adventure Reason (D6)

1. Glory

2. Experience

3. Wealth

4. Power

5. Escape

6. Boredom

Comrade Connection (D6)

1. Indebted

2. Family

3. Bound

4. Ideology

5. Colleague

6. Companion

Personal Goal (D6)

1. Revenge

2. Inspiration

3. Discovery

4. Notoriety

5. Penance

6. Growth