Random Characters

This page serves as a quick and convenient way of generating a character concept by making use of the Random Page module, the tag system of the Wiki, and the Trope section. This page is still highly experimental, and since the tropes section is still incomplete, the variety of possible character combinations is still a bit limited - but once the relevant sections are expanded, it should work nicely.

Random Character

Note: The Random Page function presently does not refresh very often, so wait one or more minutes before reloading the page.

Character role

Character Type

Hired Gun

Profession

Use this tab only if the Character Type didn't already imply a line of work for the character. If the profession given is a poor match for your campaign, manually pick one, or wait a minute and reload the page.

Lone Cowboy

Combat Role

Defines the character's focus and goal in combat. Defines their role within the adventuring party whenever a fight scene breaks out.

The Jack

You may ignore this tab if the Character Type or Profession tabs already provided you with a clear idea of how this character fights.

Characterization

1 Universal Trope

Automatically Violent

2 Universal Tropes

With Great Power Comes Great Insanity

The Bumblebee

3 Universal Tropes

The Pioneer

Talking Animal

Scully Syndrome

4 Universal Trope

With Great Power Comes Great Insanity

Berserk Button

Faceman

Camp Cook

5 Universal Trope

Survival Mantra

The Chains Of Commanding

Beware The Honest Ones

Agent Mulder

Single Line Of Descent

0 Female Tropes

1 Female Trope

Cute Witch

2 Female Tropes

Action Girl

Distressed Damsel

3 Female Tropes

Wrench Wench

Amazon Brigade

Badass Lolita

4 Female Tropes

Cowgirl

Perky Female Minion

Gun Moll

Cute Witch

0 Male Tropes

1 Male Trope

Lone Cowboy

2 Male Tropes

Vaquero

Bumbling Dad

3 Male Tropes

The Gunslinger

The Fill-In-The-Blank Kid

Determined Homesteader

4 Male Tropes

Remittance Man

Singing Cowboy

Retired Gunfighter

Meek Townsman

As simple as that - your character is easily and simply defined by the content of the tabs above. If you're uncertain about the details involved in a particular trope, role, or profession, just click on the links. Some of those pages even feature advice on how to build a character that fits those concepts.

Explanation (and how to contribute):

Each random character consists of two basic concepts:

• The character role in the story or adventure. These are linked to from the characters page and the various sub-indices, and most are direct ports from the TV Tropes Wiki page of the same name. If you convert a new page from the TV Tropes Wiki (and this would be really useful, as the more pages in this category are listed here, the better), give it the "character" tag (as it is the case with these pages), and it will used for the random character generation.
  • In some cases, the character role will suggest the characters occupation. In other cases, you may want to use the Profession tab, or pick one appropriate to your setting.
• The characterization of the character. This describes the personality, rather than the character's function in the story, and each character may have more than one characterization trope. The characterization tropes are listed here, as well on the various sub-indices on the same page. Again, these tropes are direct ports from the equivalent TV Tropes Wiki page. When adding new characterization tropes, give them one of the following tags (note that the "_" is not optional!):
  • "female_characterization"
  • "male_characterization"
  • "universal_characterization"

Note that the relevant index pages should not be given any of these tags, or else they will show up here as well!