The RPG Guide to Traits & Ages by Mark J Carrasco @ COPYRIGHT 1997-1998 The following work is the property of its author, who hereby states that he retains the copyright. You may distribute it at will, provided that nothing in the guide, this notice, or any of the credits are altered in any way; and that you do not make a profit from it. I'd like to thank the following people: Windy Strawman Sara Wright My Wife - who doesn't like RPGs but gives me the time to play PART ONE Too many is the time where I have been asked to roll up a higher level character, yet the age charts only show dice rolls for starting ages. Also as a GM, have I needed ages for NPCs. So I created the following chart for random determination of ages. The following chart should be used as following; Example: I want to roll up a hill dwarf.....the first set would give me ages 13-156 yrs of age. But the second set would give me the ages between 15-300 yrs of age. TABLE I. RACE / AGE Younger Older Humans 6D6 6D12 Elves Aquatic 5D12 x2 5D20 x3 Athasian 5D10 5D20 Drow 5D12 x2 11D20 Grey 5D20 x2 5D20 x4 High 5D12 x2 5D20 x3 Sylvan 5D12 x2 5D20 x3 Dwarf Athasian 5D12 x2 6D20 x2 Deep 7D20 4D20 x3 Duergar 8D20 5D20 x3 Gully 9D12 5D20 x2 Hill 13D12 5D20 x3 Mountain 5D10 x3 5D20 x3 Sundered 3D12 x3 5D20 x2 Halfling Athasian 7D10 7D20 Hairfoot 10D6 10D12 Tallfellow 10D10 10D20 Gnome Rock 5D20 x2 5D20 x5 Deep 5D12 x2 4D20 x3 Forest 5D20 x2 5D20 x5 Tinker 11D12 5D20 x3 Aarakcocra 5D6 5D10 Alaghi 8D4 8D10 Aasimar 6D10 6D20 Bariaur 5D10 10D10 Beastman 5D8 7D12 Bugbear 6D6 11D6 Bullywug 5D6 10D6 Centaur 6D6 9D8 Fremlin 6D10 6D20 Genasi 6D10 6D20 Giant, Half 10D10 10D20 Giant Kin, Firbolg 10D6 10D12 x2 Voadkyn 10D6 10D12 x2 Githzerai 8B10 13D20 Gnoll 4D4 5D6 Gnoll, flind 4D4 5D6 Goblin 5D4 4D10 Hobgoblin 6D4 5D10 Kobold 7D6 8D12 Lizard man 9D6 11D10 Minotaur 6D12 10D12 Modron N/A N/A Mongrelman 3D6 5D6 Mul 6D8 9D10 Ogre 6D8 9D10 Ogre, half 6D8 9D10 Ogre, mage 7D12 14D12 Orc 4D4 6D6 Orc, half 5D6 10D6 Pixie 10D10 10D20 Satyr 8D6 10D10 Sau. Bladeback 8D6 11D10 Finhead 8D6 10D10 Flyer 6D8 11D8 Hornhead 6D10 10D12 Swanmay 8D6 9D10 Teifling 5D10 10D10 Wemic 6D6 7D10 When I lived in Guam I was for a short time a vendor for a line of womens hair dyes. But when I saw my inventory sheet I reliezed that every hair color was listed upon it and used the oppertunity to create a random hair chart simmilar to the eye chart for my PCs and NPCs. TABLE IIA; HAIR COLORS FOR HUMANS AND DWARVES D100 Human Dwarf 01-03 Jet Black Jet Black 04-06 Soft Black Jet Black 07-09 Dark Brown Soft Black 10-12 Dark Ash Brown Soft Black 13-15 Dark Auburn Dark Brown 16-18 Medium Brown Dark Brown 19-21 Medium Ash Brown Dark Ash Brown 22-24 Medium Golden Brown Dark Ash Brown 25-27 Medium Auburn Dark Auburn 28-30 Light Brown Dark Auburn 31-33 Light Ash Brown Medium Brown 34-36 Light Auburn Medium Brown 37-39 Light Golden Brown Medium Ash Brown 40-42 Dark Brown Medium Ash Brown 43-45 Dark Ash Brown Medium Auburn 46-48 Cinnamon Red Medium Auburn 49-51 Lightest Auburn Dark Brown 52-54 Dark Blonde Auburn Dark Brown 55-57 Medium Ash Blonde Dark Ash Brown 58-60 Ash Blonde Dark Ash Brown 61-63 Reddish Blonde Light Brown 64-66 Golden Blonde Light Brown 67-69 Champagne Blonde Cinnamon Red 70-72 Pastel Blonde Cinnamon Red 73-75 Light Ash Blonde Medium Ash Blonde 76-78 Light Golden Blonde Medium Ash Blonde 79-81 Lt. Gldn Reddish Topaz Ash Blonde 81-83 Ex. Light Ash Blonde Ash Blonde 84-86 Ex. Light Bge. Blonde Light Ash Blonde 87-90 Pale Blonde Light Ash Blonde 91-93 Sun Blonde Silver 94-96 Silver White 97-00 White White TABLE IIB; HAIR COLORS FOR ELVES AND HALFLINGS D100 Elf Halflings 01-03 Jet Black Dark Brown 04-06 Soft Black Dark Brown 07-09 Dark Brown Dark Ash Brown 10-12 Dark Ash Brown Dark Ash Brown 13-15 Dark Auburn Medium Brown 16-18 Medium Brown Medium Brown 19-21 Medium Ash Brown Medium Ash Brown 22-24 Medium Ash Brown Medium Ash Brown 25-27 Medium Golden Brown Medium Auburn 28-30 Medium Auburn Medium Auburn 31-33 Medium Auburn Light Brown 34-36 Light Brown Light Brown 37-39 Light Auburn Light Auburn 40-42 Light Auburn Light Auburn 43-45 Light Golden Brown Dark Brown 46-48 Dark Brown Dark Brown 49-51 Dark Brown Dark Brown 52-54 Dark Ash Brown Dark Ash Brown 55-57 Cinnamon Red Dark Ash Brown 58-60 Cinnamon Red Cinnamon Red 61-63 Light Auburn Cinnamon Red 64-66 Medium Ash Aburn Medium Ash Auburn 67-69 Ash Blonde Medium Ash Aburn 70-72 Reddish Blonde Reddish Blonde 73-75 Golden Blonde Reddish Blonde 76-78 Champagne Blonde Medium Ash Blonde 79-81 Pastel Blonde Medium Ash Blonde 81-83 Light Ash Blonde Ash Blonde 84-86 Light Golden Blonde Ash Blonde 87-90 Pale Blonde Light Ash Blonde 91-93 Sun Blonde Light Ash Blonde 94-96 Silver White 97-00 White White I realized that not every raced had the same color eyes and same ratio of colors. So this chart came into play for our campaign: TABLE IIIA; EYE COLOR FOR HUMANS AND DWARVES D100 Human Dwarf 01-03 Steel Gray 04-06 Gray Gray 07-09 Pale-Gray Gray 10-12 Gray-Blue Pale-Gray 13-15 Aquamarine Pale-Gray 16-18 Cadet Blue Pale-Gray 19-21 Sky Blue Cadet Blue 22-24 Bright Blue Blue 25-27 Blue Drk Blue 28-30 Drk. Blue Teal Blue 31-33 Turquoise Blue Light Hazel 34-36 Teal Blue Light Hazel 37-39 Forest Breen Hazel 40-42 Blue Green Hazel 43-45 Bright Green Light Brown 46-48 Green Light Brown 49-51 Drk Green Brown 52-54 Sea Green Brown 55-57 Yellow Green Brown 58-60 Light Hazel Mahogany 61-63 Hazel Mahogany 64-66 Drk Hazel Mahogany 67-69 L. Brown Dk. Brown 70-72 Brown Dk. Brown 73-75 Brown Blue-Purple 76-78 Mahogany Blue-Purple 79-81 Dk. Brown Purple 82-84 Blue Purple Purple 85-87 Purple Royal Purple 88-90 Royal Purple Royal Purple 91-00 Roll Again For New Result or Choose Result Table III; Eye Color for Elves and Halflings D100 Elf Halfling 01-03 Steel Pale-Gray 04-06 Gray Gray Blue 07-09 Pale-Gray Cadet Blue 10-12 Pale-Gray Blue 13-15 Gray-Blue Blue 16-18 Gray-Blue Light Hazel 19-21 Sky Blue Light Hazel 22-24 Bright Blue Light Hazel 25-27 Blue Light Hazel 28-30 Drk. Blue Hazel 31-33 Blue Green Hazel 34-36 Forest Green Hazel 37-39 Green Drk Hazel 40-42 Drk. Green Drk Hazel 43-45 Dk. Hazel Drk Hazel 46-48 Lt. Brown Light Brown 49-51 Lt. Brown Light Brown 52-54 Copper Light Brown 55-57 Copper Copper 58-60 Copper Copper 61-63 Brown Copper 64-66 Brown Brown 67-69 Mahogany Brown 70-72 Mahogany Brown 73-75 Dk. Brown Mahogany 76-78 Dk Brown Mahogany 79-81 Silver Mahogany 82-84 Silver- Purple Dk. Brown 85-87 Silver-Grey Dk Brown 88-90 Black Dk Brown 91-00 Roll Again For New Result or Choose Result Every character (as every person) has they're personal traits that make them different from each other and characters should be no different. TABLE IV; CHARACTER TRAITS AND THEIR AFFECTS Roll Result D100 Trait Effect on attributes 01 Large Nose 02 Flat Nose 03 Hook Nose 04 Bulbus Nose 05 Small Nose 06 Scare on Face -1 Com / -1 Chr 07 Scare on Arm 08 Scare on Leg 09 Scare on Chest 10 One Eye -1 Chr 11 One Arm -1 Dex 12 One Leg -1 Dex 13 Charasmatic Eye +1 Chr 14 Suspicious Eyes -1 Chr 15 Attractive Face +1 chr / +1 Com 16 Limp -1 Dex 17 Muscular +1 Str 18 Puny -1 Str 19 Thin Hair 20 Thick Hair 21 Naturally Curly Hair 22 Balding 23 Bald 24 Far Sighted -1 Wis 25 Pot-bellied -1 Chr 26 Long Hair 27 Short Hair 28 Excessivly Hairy 29 Hairless 30 Stooping 31 Barreled-Chest +1 Str 32 Fat -1 Chr 33 Long Arms 34 Short Arms 35 Very Skiny 36 Pale Skinned 37 Tanned 38 Dark Skin 39 Near-Sighted -1 Wis 40 Sneer -1 Chr 41 Haughty Expression -1 Chr 42 Broken Teeth -1 Chr / -1 Com 43 Very Strait Teeth +1 Com 44 Very White Teeth +1 Com / +1 Chr 45 Toothless -1 Chr / -1 Com 46 Lisp -1 Chr 47 Stutterer -1 Chr 48 Very Clear Voice +1 Chr 49 Strong Accent 50 Tattoo 51 Mutterer -1 Chr 52 Whisperer -1 Chr 53 Loud Voice +1 Chr 54 Pettit Voice -1 Chr 55 Bushy Eyebrows 56 Light Eyebrows 57 Big Ears 58 Small Ears 59 Moustache 60 Beard & Moustache 61 Beard 62 Birth Mark 63 Short Legs -1 Dex 64 Long Legs +1 Dex 65-97 Not yet created! Suggestions wanted 98 Roll Twice 99 Reroll 00 DM Choice This is only the first version of this book. More races will be added, as well as full decriptions of traits and charts. This is a work in progress and will constantly worked upon. Thanks for your endurance. If you have any suggestions, please e-mail me at ncc1701i@hotmail.com.