An unseen servant providing an advantage to DMs/GMs while creating their worlds.
As a DM, have you ever needed to lower the DC for the world building skill check? Did you need to create the right NPC for your players to interact with and thought you could use a divine intervention? Were you out of ideas and felt like an inspiration die or a bit of luck was all that you needed? This tool will probably not fulfill all your wishes but it can at least provide guidance.
RollTheLore is a tool from a DM to other DMs out there but it can also help players as it's supposed to inspire you while not only creating your world, a shop or a random NPC encounter but it can also be used to help with your backstories.
As of now it can only randomly create NPCs but I have some ideas for generating towns as well and who knows? Maybe there will be even more. RollTheLore is not meant to be a perfect tool but rather a simple one that still can provide very valuable ideas for your campaigns and stories. At least for me personaly it works very well as I often need a few simple points I can use as inspiration and build more fluff around it with both imagination and improvisation.
Sometimes the generated character doesn't make much sense but often that is exactly the fun part. When I need an NPC for a story I like to roll a few of them and pick one as a basis, then I build on that. It can also be used to pre-roll a few NPCs in advance and then use them e.g. when your players decide to enter a shop or address a person you hadn't planned beforehand.
Primarily RollTheLore is intended to be used with DnD 5e but it can very well serve for other game systems as well. The imagination is what matters the most.
Please note that the tool is under development. Ideas, comments and bug reports are welcome!
pip install rollthelore $ rollnpc --help Usage: rollnpc.py [OPTIONS] Generate 'number' of NPCs and print them. Options: --adventurers / --no-adventurers Generate adventurers or civilians? -a, --age-allowed TEXT Allowed age(s). -A, --age-disallowed TEXT Disallowed age(s). -c, --class-allowed TEXT Allowed class(es). -C, --class-disallowed TEXT Disallowed class(es). --names-only Generate only NPC names -n, --number INTEGER Number of NPCs to generate. -r, --race-allowed TEXT Allowed race(s). -R, --race-disallowed TEXT Disallowed race(s). -s, --seed TEXT Seed number used to generate NPCs. The same seed will produce the same results. -t, --traits INTEGER RANGE Number of traits generated. [0<=x<=9] --help Show this message and exit. $ rollnpc Seed used: '3625060903250429453'. Run with '-s 3625060903250429453' to get the same result. Name: Anfar Age: older Race: tabaxi Class: barbarian Appearance: artificial ear, subtle ring(s) Personality: materialistic, dishonest $ rollnpc -n3 Seed used: '3098691926526726649'. Run with '-s 3098691926526726649' to get the same result. Name: Towerlock Age: middle aged Race: human Class: cleric Appearance: artificial finger(s), bruise(s) Personality: wretched, bitter Name: Leska Age: young Race: half-elf Class: sorcerer Appearance: visible Adam's apple, different leg length Personality: scary, unreliable Name: Marius Age: old Race: kobold Class: warlock Appearance: sexy, distinctive jewelry Personality: tireless, decadent $ rollnpc -n2 -r elf Seed used: '8069506022788287187'. Run with '-s 8069506022788287187' to get the same result. Name: Zerma Age: older Race: elf (dark - drow) Class: rogue Appearance: ugly, dreadlocks Personality: gruesome, emotional Name: Ryfar Age: adult Race: elf (wood) Class: cleric Appearance: light, horn(s) Personality: childish, determined $ rollnpc --traits 1 Seed used: '291255857363596163'. Run with '-s 291255857363596163' to get the same result. Name: Enidin Age: adult Race: aasimar Class: cleric Appearance: receding hair Personality: hardened $ rollnpc -t 3 Seed used: '5732868273964053039'. Run with '-s 5732868273964053039' to get the same result. Name: Letor Age: older Race: dragonborn Class: sorcerer Appearance: plump, abnormally short, short hair Personality: bitter, scornful, sloppy $ rollnpc --no-adventurers -n 2 -t 1 Seed used: '5305197205526584553'. Run with '-s 5305197205526584553' to get the same result. Name: Yorjan Age: adult Race: tiefling Appearance: big eyes Personality: foolish Name: Nalfar Age: adult Race: dragonborn Appearance: dreadlocks Personality: perverse Let's say you generated this lovely duo and you want to keep it for the future.
$ rollnpc -n2 Seed used: '6095344300345411392'. Run with '-s 6095344300345411392' to get the same result. Name: Macon Age: older Race: half-elf Class: bard Appearance: big eyes, muttonchops Personality: intellectual, secretive Name: Sirius Age: very old Race: human Class: cleric Appearance: different hand size, dimple in chin Personality: speaks silently, hypochondriac You can either save the whole text or just the seed and generate the same data again like this:
$ rollnpc -n2 -s 6095344300345411392 Seed used: '6095344300345411392'. Run with '-s 6095344300345411392' to get the same result. Name: Macon Age: older Race: half-elf Class: bard Appearance: big eyes, muttonchops Personality: intellectual, secretive Name: Sirius Age: very old Race: human Class: cleric Appearance: different hand size, dimple in chin Personality: speaks silently, hypochondriac