Tabletop Character Design - Sci-fi
This week, I continue my collection of character design tables for different genres in tabletop role playing games. I write about science fiction characters below.
Character Archetypes (d6 x 2 for choice)
Table 1
Robot
Alien
Psychic/Psion
Superhero
Future Traveller
Starship Pilot / Mech Pilot
Table 2
Hacker
Techno Punk/bio hacker
Neon Future Racer
Unplugged Martial Anarchist
Space Monk
Bounty Hunter
Look (d6)
Dirty and greasy
Illuminated and cybernetic
Sterile and clean
Enhanced and perfect
Inhuman and strange
Modified and biohacked
Personality (d6)
Inquisitive and naive
Thoughtful and calculating
Simple and kind
Serious and nuanced
Team oriented and mediating
Meditative and inward
Flaw (d6)
Cold and alien
Haughty about your own culture
Lust for power
Extremely vain
Paranoia of the unknown
No concept of polite speech
Reason To Adventure (d6)
Hunt down the mega corporation scum who ruined everything
To spite those who said you couldn’t
Take the wealth that is rightfully yours
Bring prosperity to the people who can’t fight for themselves
Learn about the variety of culture around you and explore new worlds
The machine told you to