3

Roll 1d3

4-5

Roll 3+1d2

6-8

Roll 5+1d5

9-12

Roll 10+1d10

13-15

Roll 20+1d20

16-17

Roll 40+1d20

18

Roll 60+1d20

1

drone. You stand 4 feet tall and weigh 100 pounds.

2

drone. You stand 4 feet tall and weigh 100 pounds.

3

drone. You stand 4 feet tall and weigh 100 pounds.

4

scout. You stand 5 feet tall and weigh 120 pounds.

5

scout. You stand 5 feet tall and weigh 120 pounds.

6

soldier. You stand 6 feet tall and weigh 160 pounds.

3-5

grotesque. Your face is a mass of scar tissue. Thick scars crisscross your body, held together with crude, leather stitching. Swathes of open sores weep streams of pus, and you reek of excrement, blood, and rot

6-8

monstrous, with thick, brutish features, weird growths sprouting from your skin, and nasty scars that cut jagged lines across your thick hide

9-12

ugly. You have thick tusks jutting from your broad jaw, a sloping forehead, and tiny eyes set deep in your skull

13-15

of typical appearance, dirty and unkempt

16-17

your features are somewhat less brutish, though you might have odd skin coloration, extra fur, and thick features

18

you stand out from other orcs. Your body is remarkably free from the scars and injuries that maim your fellows, and you are in pretty good health

1

Monsters destroyed your hive. You were the only survivor.

2

you discovered a shrine to an ancient and terrible being. The experience twisted your soul, giving you 1 Corruption.

3

you became cut off from your hive. Alone, you struck out to find your own way.

4

something murdered your queen, sending your hive into disarray (gain Roll 1d3 Insanity).

5

you fought soldiers of the bandit princes who rule over the Patchwork Lands and grew to hate them.

6

you found a bit of weird technology. Start with a random enchanted object.

7

you’re secretly a queen. Your height and weight do not change, but you increase your Intellect and Will by 1 each instead of the increases you received for your original caste. You fled your hive to avoid your responsibilities, and you want to never return.

8

a wizard captured you to learn more about your people. By the time you escaped, you were far from home.

9

you traveled extensively (add Roll on "Languages" to the list of languages you can speak.

10

you worked in your profession.

11

a human saved your life and you owe this person a debt (this character might be played by a player or the GM).

12

you were sent out from your hive to learn more about the world (add an area of scholarship to your list of professions).

13

a powerful witch cursed you to become human. You remained in that form for several years before returning to your normal form.

14

you made a great discovery or performed a heroic deed, making you a hero of your people.

15

you found something interesting (start with Roll on "Interesting Thing").

16

yeep underground, you discovered a passage to a gnome enclave and made friends of the people living there. You stayed with them long enough to learn their language. Add Gnomish to the list of languages you can speak.

17

you took a sword from a human corpse.

18

you found an incantation of the Roll on "Cantrip Incantations" spell.

19

you offended the queen and were exiled as a result.

20

you came into money (start the game with Roll 2d6 extra copper pennies.

3

You come off as dull and uninteresting.

4-5

Bitterness fills your heart, and you have a pessimistic outlook on just about everything.

6-8

You lack empathy. Your scientific interests lead you to perform certain actions that others might deem unethical or even immoral.

9-12

You’re curious and inquisitive, never happier than when you’re learning something new.

13-15

Skittish and manic, you excite easily.

16-17

You are utterly devoted to your queen. No matter where you go, she rules your heart, despite the fact that you will never be her consort.

18

Hatred consumes you, and you commit yourself to vengeance for something done to you or your kind.