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| From the 'Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel' by Francois Rabelais |
This is part two of a resource for sparking character ideas. See part one here.
Descriptive titles have always done a lot for me when imagining characters: they imply history, presence, and persona with a single word. I scoured many an obscure source to find the most evocative and flavourful adjectives, only choosing words that I find easily actionable at the table and that bring a character readily to mind. Some of these entries require a bit more creativity to interpret, and some are deliberately ambiguous. For instance, 'The Green' could be someone very young and inexperienced, or someone in green garb.
I use these in conjunction with my roleplay challenges and details of wonder to quickly flesh out NPCs.
Happy rolling.
1d100
|
Title
|
1d100
|
Title
|
|---|---|---|---|
1
|
The Amorous
|
51
|
The Numb
|
2
|
The Breathless
|
52
|
The Oily
|
3
|
The Broken
|
53
|
The Old
|
4
|
The Bullish
|
54
|
The Ornamented
|
5
|
The Colourful
|
55
|
The Painted
|
6
|
The Craggy
|
56
|
The Paranoid
|
7
|
The Dignified
|
57
|
The Polished
|
8
|
The Dirty
|
58
|
The Poppied (drugged)
|
9
|
The Drunken
|
59
|
The Prancing
|
10
|
The Extravagant
|
60
|
The Princely
|
11
|
The Fetid
|
61
|
The Perfumed
|
12
|
The Fierce
|
62
|
The Quaffing
|
13
|
The Fiery
|
63
|
The Quavering
|
14
|
The Filthy
|
64
|
The Ragged
|
15
|
The Fishy
|
65
|
The Ratty
|
16
|
The Flexible
|
66
|
The Raucous
|
17
|
The Forgetful
|
67
|
The Religious
|
18
|
The Forgettable
|
68
|
The Remorseless
|
19
|
The Foul
|
69
|
The Resplendent
|
20
|
The Fragrant
|
70
|
The Rigid
|
21
|
The Frisky
|
71
|
The Ripe
|
22
|
The Gallant
|
72
|
The Romantic
|
23
|
The Ghostly
|
73
|
The Rosy
|
24
|
The Glamorous
|
74
|
The Rotund
|
25
|
The Green
|
75
|
The Sagely
|
26
|
The Grey
|
76
|
The Salty
|
27
|
The Grumpy
|
77
|
The Sandy
|
28
|
The Hairless
|
78
|
The Savage
|
29
|
The Hairy
|
79
|
The Scarred
|
30
|
The Insatiable
|
80
|
The Sensuous
|
31
|
The Jaded
|
81
|
The Showy
|
32
|
The Knobbly
|
82
|
The Sleepy
|
33
|
The Lively
|
83
|
The Smoky
|
34
|
The Lusty
|
84
|
The Soft
|
35
|
The Luxurious
|
85
|
The Sonorous
|
36
|
The Mad
|
86
|
The Spotless
|
37
|
The Mellow
|
87
|
The Stormy
|
38
|
The Merry
|
88
|
The Strange
|
39
|
The Milky
|
89
|
The Supple
|
40
|
The Misty
|
90
|
The Suspicious
|
41
|
The Motley
|
91
|
The Tragic
|
42
|
The Mouldy
|
92
|
The Trilling
|
43
|
The Mournful
|
93
|
The Tuneful
|
44
|
The Musical
|
94
|
The Unseemly
|
45
|
The Musty
|
95
|
The Valiant
|
46
|
The Naked
|
96
|
The Virginal
|
47
|
The Nautical
|
97
|
The Warty
|
48
|
The Nervous
|
98
|
The Wintry
|
49
|
The Nimble
|
99
|
The Wormy
|
50
|
The Nocturnal
|
100
|
The Wrinkled
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