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Peasant traits random table

Started by VengerSatanis, August 12, 2016, 11:13:20 AM

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VengerSatanis

August 12, 2016, 11:13:20 AM
Not every fantasy campaign starts out with mighty heroes in shining armor and velvet, starry robes!

Perhaps you'd like the PCs to start out as odious peasants. Maybe you want to add a little color to one or more NPCs populating your medieval-ish, excrement covered world? Here's a d20 random table of peasant-like traits I've come up with.

Here's the link and below is the table copy/pasted for easy reference: http://draconicmagazine.com/articles/how-much-peasant-are-you
QuoteHow Much of a Peasant Are You?

1. You wear urine-soaked rags.
2. Your best friend is a rat named Vermilion (or Templeton).
3. Your sister is the 4th or 5th most popular prostitute of your village.
4. You live in a cardboard box.
5. You're in debt 1d4 x 100 gold pieces.
6. You're barefoot and can't afford shoes.
7. You can't read or write.
8. You play a musical instrument so badly that it hurts people's ears.
9. Even your dirt has dirt on it.
10. Everyone can smell you from a mile away.
11. Your most prized possession is a small grayish-white rock.
12. At the first sign of violence, you go into the fetal position (lasts 1d4 rounds)
13. You have a gambling problem and lose way more often than you win [disadvantage on games of chance].
14. Your shoes (or bare feet) are covered in shit - to the point where they can't be washed clean by conventional means.
15. Your body is covered in boils.
16. You are literally starving - emaciated and weak from malnutrition [disadvantage on anything strength related].
17. Your back is scarred from countless lashes of the whip.
18. You have 2d6 teeth remaining.
19. You have a severe speech impediment.
20. When it comes to survival, you're one unlucky bastard [disadvantage on saving throws].

Enjoy,

VS

daniel_ream

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August 12, 2016, 01:06:14 PM
Peasant Traits Table

1. Nasty
2. Dull
3. Brutish
4. Short
D&D is becoming Self-Referential.  It is no longer Setting Referential, where it takes references outside of itself. It is becoming like Ouroboros in its self-gleaning for tropes, no longer attached, let alone needing outside context.
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VengerSatanis

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August 12, 2016, 03:03:40 PM
Quote from: daniel_ream;912526Peasant Traits Table

1. Nasty
2. Dull
3. Brutish
4. Short

That could be a sub-table for peasant backgrounds!
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