                         The RPG Guide to Traits & Ages

                                       by

                                 Mark J Carrasco
                             <ncc1701i@hotmail.com>


@ 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.
