World Without Number: Random NPC Based on Social Class (d25) (d25)

d25 Underclass (d25) Commoners (d25) Gentry (d25) NPC Characteristic Twists (d12)

1

Black sheep of a gentry family

Ambitious young entrepreneur

Abbot or head of a monastery

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2

Cast-off former gentry mistress

Artisan of some local fame

Court wizard or gentry mage

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3

Coldly professional criminal

Butler or servant to a major figure

Demihuman leader or high priest

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4

Corrupt petty clerk or guard

Fearfully respected local gossip

Diplomat from a foreign land

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5

Cynical dancing girl or boy

Foreigner with enough money

Discreet kingmaker or spymaster

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6

Downfallen former gentry

Harried landlord

Ethnarch of a local minority

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7

Foreigner struggling to survive

Herbalist or local healer

Feared semi-legit criminal boss

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8

Gap-toothed local thug

Local innkeeper or taverner

Genteelly-kept noble hostage

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9

Hardscrabble orphaned urchin

Merchant in grain or bulk goods

Kept pretender to a foreign title

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10

Missionary of an unpopular god

Merchant on his way down

Local temple’s high priest

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11

Penniless country boy or girl

Military officer or guard official

Magistrate or judge

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12

Popular actor or actress

Minor government functionary

Major local official or minister

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13

Prostitute with a heart of gold

Modestly prosperous farmer

Mayor or chief city official

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14

Salt-worn common sailor

Neighborhood shopkeeper

Merchant-prince of wide affairs

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15

Scabby beggar

Obsessed local scholar

Military general or high officer

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16

Shabby boarding-house owner

Peasant like all their neighbors are

Most popular courtesan in town

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17

Shaky-handed slum physician

Priest of a local faith

Paid-off noble family disgrace

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18

Slanderous poet or playwright

Respected local ascetic or hermit

Revered artistic genius

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19

Thieving drunkard or junkie

Retired adventurer

Rusticating loser of a court feud

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20

Tippling bargeman or boatman

Scuffed but respectable laborer

Ruthless noble clan patriarch

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21

Unpopular but zealous artist

Ship’s captain or officer

Sorcerer of fearsome name

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22

Unpopular demihuman

Someone important’s mistress

Spare prince or major noble scion

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23

Weary ragpicker or scavenger

Venerable family elder

Traditional cultural office-holder

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24

Widely-despised moneylender

Veteran soldier or guardsman

Wealthy but hated usurer

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25

Worn-down day laborer

Wandering peddler or trader

Wealthy scholar-noble

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Subcharts

NPC Characteristic Twists (d12) (d12)

d12 Result

1

They’re abnormally rich or poor for their class

2

They are extremely averse to using violence

3

They tend to break their deals, wisely or not

4

They have a reason to hate people like the PC

5

They have a useful but unusual friend

6

The PC or an ally owes them a debt

7

A disaster is looming rapidly for them

8

They have a reason to like people like the PC

9

They’ve got few reliable local social ties

10

They conceal a socially-lethal secret

11

They’re an ex-convict or former underclass

12

They have a secret identity