Star Wars Planet Generator

This is intended to produce Star Wars style cinematic planets with a single, flashy theme. Rolling may sometimes produce contradictory results, but trying to make them work can lead to more creative adventures.

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Citation

by atomfullerene https://www.reddit.com/r/swrpg/comments/etzu3p/i_made_a_planet_generator/

This chart uses input variables

num_themes

Result

Themes

JOIN("
* ", Roll on "Theme" {$num_themes} times (unique rows only))

Subcharts

Theme (d20)

d20	Result
1	Forest: Trees grow thickly everywhere. Resolve: {The trees are gigantic.\|}
2	Grassland: Wid expanses of flat, grass covered plains.
3	Swamp: Marshy, boggy terrain. Resolve: {The swamp is filled with trees\|It's an open marsh}.
4	Ocean: The planet is almost entirely covered with water. Action may take place on floating platforms or islands.
5	Desert: The planet is very dry, with little vegetation and no large bodies of water.
6	Mountains: The terrain is rough and craggy.
7	Canyons/Chasms: The terrain is split by deep chasms or canyons. Action takes place near cliff edges or on vertical surfaces of the cliffs themselves.
8	Crystal: The surface is characterized by large crystals and mineral deposits.
9	Airless: The planet has little or no atmosphere.
10	Airborn: The surface of the planet is inaccessible or irrelevant. Action takes place on floating platforms in the sky. Often, but not always a gas giant.
11	Underground: There are large numbers of underground caves or settlements where most of the the action happens.
12	Giant wildlife: The life on this planet is larger than normal, bordering on enormous.
13	Toxic: The atmosphere of this planet is unbreathable for most of the PCs without special equipment. For example, it may be ammonia, chlorine, methane, or just highly polluted.
14	Force: The force is strong with this planet. Resolve: {1?The dark\|2-3?A mixture of light and dark\|4?The light} side of the force exists here. There are likely to be holy sites, ancient temples etc.
15	Volcanoes: This planet has many active volcanoes often with flowing lava.
16	Ruins: This planet is covered in ancient ruins, huge stone monuments, decaying temples etc.
17	Junk: This planet is covered in technological leftovers: dead starships, junked droids or industrial waste and residue.
18	Underwater: Action takes place beneath the surface of some large body of water.
19	Deadly wildlife: The wildlife here is especially deadly and aggressive.
20	Dark: Thick clouds of mist keep this planet in perpetual darkness.

Temperature (d6)

d6	Result
1	Molten
2	Hot
3	Normal
4	Cold
5	Frozen
6	Variable

Population (d6)

d6	Result
1	Uninhabited
2	Primitives
3	Rural
4	Average
5	Urban
6	Megacity

Species (d6)

d6	Result
1	One alien species
2	Human
3	Mix of Roll 1d6 species
4-6	Melting pot

Economic Social (d8)

d8	Result
1	Agriculture
2	Science
3	Luxury
4	Crime
5	Factories
6	Mining
7	Military
8	Government

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