Any good tools for randomizing relationships between characters? Like, if you have a group of 8 NPC's, how they all feel about each other.
Char A has STRONG feelings for 3 Characters, AVERAGE for 2 Characters, and LOW for remainder.
STRONG: Char A HATES Char B, LOVES Char C, and COMPLETELY TRUSTS Char D
AVERAGE: Char A LIKES Char E, and DISTRUSTS Char F
LOW: Knows but has no strong feelings for Char's G and H.
Whereas H LUSTS for Char A.
etc, etc.
Star Trader, solo companion for the Traveler rules, has a nice relationship table I've used in many settings.
ReplyDeleteI included a robust character web generator in Pythia. It generates an emotional relationship/status between two actors.
ReplyDeleteActor A loves Actor B and expresses it actively and overtly.
There's also a plot web generator based on relationships in there.
Scarlet heroes (or was it Vornheim...) I believe has a "how related" table
ReplyDeleteVornheim definitely has that, Anthony Chaplin. It's not super flexible or nuanced, but you can get the relationships among 7 characters in one go.
ReplyDeletemake a table of possible relations and roll a die, it takes less than searching many other games, purchase them, read them, adapt them and finally use them. but maybe it's just me :D
ReplyDeleteToss in a relationship map to quickly see how all of them interact with each other... (not mine, but a good example.)
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lino pang That's probably what I'll end up doing. If there was a "magic bullet" out there, then cool. But different genres and themes require different relationships, so I'll just make my own.
ReplyDeleteTodd Rokely I personally used a d6 table with generic relationships (number six is "other types"), I rolled a dice and started from it to develop the backstory of the characters, but a detailed table is more likeable to other fellow players.
ReplyDeleteTodd Zircher, right you are (and lino pang)! The chart in Vornheim is a simplified version of the relationship chart that you just posted.
ReplyDeleteGeoff Osterberg This. First thing I thought of.
ReplyDeleteYou might be interested in Last Gasp Grimoire's dropped dice town generator. Note, it's not the safest blog for work, ha.
ReplyDeleteThe drawback to handling everything with scripts is I'm spoiled by having as many options to roll from as I can think up.
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Heh, steal from some game shows and add options for... call a friend, take a poll from the audience, ask google for a random image, or even take a walk. :-)
ReplyDeleteI think the "ask a friend" option is sadly underutilized around here! Someone should open up a "ask me any oracle question" thread.
ReplyDeleteTam H in theese greedy days it's more probable a friend with a patreon, you pay $$ and ask him a question, he rolls a die on an oracle table and sends you the answer... ;)
ReplyDeleteYoon Suin has it as well.
ReplyDeletelino pang You know you can always ask me and I will answer, totally 100% free of charge. It's getting me to shut up that's the trick, haha.
ReplyDeleteZozer's Solo (and Star Trader, which it supersedes) has a d66 character relationship table, which I use in pretty much every game now.
ReplyDeleteI ripped out some of Pythia's tables, notably the one I mentioned upthread, and formatted them nicely for pdf use. If nothing else it might inspirational; more ways for NPCs to be connected than you can shake a stick at. Plus some plot stuff, and some plot web stuff.
ReplyDeleteexposit.github.io - exposit.github.io/katamoiran/img/posts/2017-09-23/PythiaOnPaperActorsPlots.pdf
Useful!
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ReplyDeleteA PWYW Vornheim of Cyberpunk.
Full of sights, sounds, smells, people, organizations...
Technoir is useful too.
The Adventuresmith app is free and generates results from a variety of tables. Including Maze Rats and the above Augmented Realities.
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