The random charts in the SWN book do a decent job of crating random NPCs, and there are dozens of random people generators scattered across the Net, but none of them have quite what I'm looking for. I've been told that the new merchant campaign supplement for SWN, Suns of Gold, would be useful to me, but I haven't had a chance to pick it up yet (something I will rectify shortly).
I'm looking for a random table that will tell me who the passenger is, where they're going, what they are taking with them, and what they want to do when they get there. A twist factor would be nice, too.
So, in the DIY spirit, I made my own table. It should be easily hackable by interested parties. Just swap out your own planets and alien species in the proper proportions.
You can also see the thing as a PDF or Document.
Roll 1d20
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Passenger is a... | Who works as a... | Who needs to go to... | With... | In order to... | With the complication that... |
1
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Human | Businessman | Cedar | An alien artifact | Attend a wedding | They have a mysterious illness! |
2
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Human | Priest | Netherpool | A cache of drugs | Get married | There's a bounty on their head! |
3
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Human | Scholar | Moloch | A religious icon | Avoid getting married | They are an AI in disguise! |
4
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Human | Mercenary | Anatu | Prototype designs | Start a new job | They are a homicidal maniac! |
5
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Human | Bounty Hunter | Anatu | A robot sidekick | File a report | They're perused by a jealous lover! |
6
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Human | Explorer | Croesus | Fat stacks of cash | Deliver a message | It's a race against time! |
7
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Human | Journalist | Croesus | A dead body | Go sightseeing | Their money is all counterfeit! |
8
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Human | Noble | Kraken | A strange alien animal |
Explore some ruins | They are working for space pirates! |
9
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Human | Salesman | Las Diablas | A strange alien plant |
Kill someone | They are monster in disguise! |
10
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Human | Entertainer | Volgograd | A pretech artifact | Escape the law | They are perused by rivals! |
11
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Naga | Space Hobo | Volgograd | A large cache of weapons | Avoid a murder rap | They are wanted by the local authorities! |
12
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Naga | Musician | Katarina | A treasure map | Attend a funeral | They are smuggling illegal goods! |
13
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Naga | Veteran | New Arcadia | Dangerous maltech | Rob someone | They are one of the PC's childhood friends! |
14
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Yurgling | Servant | Yurgoloth | A bundle of correspondences | Sell their wares | They are nobility in disguise! |
15
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Yurgling | Laborer | Gehenna | Much-needed medicine | Complete a religious pilgrimage | They develop a crush on a PC! |
16
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Yurgling | Engineer | Dolores | Large crates of bio-samples |
Join the military | They have odious personal habits! |
17
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Hochog | Artist | Uld | A personal vehicle | Visit relatives | They ask to join the PCs' ship crew! |
18
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Hochog | Office Worker | Chiaroscuro | A huge collection of various things |
Start a new life | They belong to a weird religious cult! |
19
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Flumph | Doctor | Chiaroscuro | Nothing but the clothes on their back | Return home after a completed mission | They are working for the PCs' arch enemy! |
20
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Other | Scientist | An Unknown Planet | Just the thing the PCs were looking for | Return home after a failed mission | They are working for the person who can help the PCs the most right now! |
(EDIT: Wow, that is some border-busting table, isn't it?)
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