This document provides 100 mildly plausible background stories that could be used for the creation of old school roleplaying game characters, including stories such as a mentor being killed in an explosion, growing up as an orphan begging in the streets, being exiled for previous mistakes, waking up in a different reality, and being a deposed king. The stories cover a wide range of occupations and experiences including warriors, thieves, priests, wizards, and more.
This document provides 100 mildly plausible background stories that could be used for the creation of old school roleplaying game characters, including stories such as a mentor being killed in an explosion, growing up as an orphan begging in the streets, being exiled for previous mistakes, waking up in a different reality, and being a deposed king. The stories cover a wide range of occupations and experiences including warriors, thieves, priests, wizards, and more.
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D100 Mildly Plausible Background Stories for Old School Characters
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D100 Mildly Plausible Background Stories for Old School Characters
This document provides 100 mildly plausible background stories that could be used for the creation of old school roleplaying game characters, including stories such as a mentor being killed in an explosion, growing up as an orphan begging in the streets, being exiled for previous mistakes, waking up in a different reality, and being a deposed king. The stories cover a wide range of occupations and experiences including warriors, thieves, priests, wizards, and more.
This document provides 100 mildly plausible background stories that could be used for the creation of old school roleplaying game characters, including stories such as a mentor being killed in an explosion, growing up as an orphan begging in the streets, being exiled for previous mistakes, waking up in a different reality, and being a deposed king. The stories cover a wide range of occupations and experiences including warriors, thieves, priests, wizards, and more.
D100 mildly plausible background stories for Old School Characters
1 Mentor was killed in an explosion 51 Swindled a high ranking mage/thief
2 Father was beheaded 52 Grew up on an island far from civilization 3 Sister kidnapped by Demon 53 Bandit, refused to participate in a raid 4 Home town destroyed 54 Drowned a family member 5 Lost all gold in bad bet 55 Warlord 6 Wanted for murder 56 Found a long forgotten sword in a stone 7 Twin sibling taken at birth 57 Court jester 8 Empath, had to leave society 58 Grew up in a monastery in the outskirts 9 Left barbarian tribe wanted more 59 Family were witch hunters 10 Father was a notorious thief 60 Re-roll twice and add both together 11 Shunned by the gods 61 Sworn to keep an important secret 12 Miner, caused accident 62 Reincarnated fortune teller 13 Horrible hunter, nearly starved 63 Mother was killed by large beast 14 Parents killed by a thug 64 Escaped a prison 15 The last of an order (religious, thieves) 65 Borrowed a large spell book didnt return 16 False prophet 66 Designed war machines 17 Made pact with witch 67 Parents killed by pirates 18 Grew up an orphan begging on streets 68 Prince/Princess of noble house 19 Teleported from a different world/time 69 Trained by a master in their class 20 Father was a renowned mercenary 70 Brewer of fine ales & wines 21 Locked in a tower for years 71 Tasked with cleanup of disease 22 Apprentice to a trade 72 An assassin 23 Father sold out traitors to lord 73 Town hero destroyed an evil threat 24 Wizards experimental subject 74 Survived dragon attack, with scars 25 Veteran of a war 75 Slave 26 Runaway 76 Skilled Artist 27 Story collector & teller 77 Sailor who caused a mutiny 28 Travelling merchant 78 Squire to evil knight 29 Humble villager, didnt cause much trouble, and 79 Previously a merman/woman, turned by wizard never went on any adventures. 30 Re-roll twice and add both together 80 Plagued by ghosts 31 Caught someone doing something bad 81 Amnesia, dont remember a thing 32 Remembers all past lives 82 Exiled because of previous mistakes 33 Set on a religious pilgrimage 83 Grew up in nature with only animals 34 Ransomed as a prisoner of war 84 Born with wings 35 Famer 85 Ran an illegal gambling den/bawdy house 36 Born with facial scarring and a tail, shunned 86 Woke up in a different reality 37 Stole a large sum of gold 87 Fisherman/woman 38 Temple from hometown burned, did nothing 88 Hung for treason, brought back from the dead 39 Started a riot 89 Arsonist 40 Guard/Solider AWOL from post 90 Debts from addiction 41 Family were prospectors, lost map to mine 91 Kidnapped a high lord/lady, ransomed. 42 Barkeep 92 The bastard son/daughter of a lord 43 Smuggler 93 Deposed king 44 Immigrant from a foreign land 94 Dreams of the end of days 45 Concubine to the king/queen 95 Led rebellion against local government 46 Born from a union with a vampire 96 Arms dealer 47 Family were cavemen, smartest of the bunch 97 Betrothed to a ugly noble 48 Lewd painter 98 Born blind, other sense heightened 49 Scribe for a local priest/wizard 99 Wandering minstrel 50 Alchemists apprentice 00 Cartographer