Here we are looking at pdf and book titles for Fantasy characters, adventurers and adventuring groups, on Drive Thru RPG.
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Starting Points
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Fantasy Roleplaying games can't exist without the characters. And although each roleplaying game has it's own way to represent characters, there are some things that are common to all of them
For for more PDF titles try Random Table Titles for Fantasy.
Major Titles
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Some PDFs are much larger and comprehensive.
- For questions to ask about a characters backstory, try 5 Questions by Roving Band of Misfits Press, with d100 tables for 5 categories.
- For hirelings, allies and possible PC portraits, Inkwell Ideas has NPC Portraits Deck: Henchmen & Hirelings, a deck of 54 cards with portrait and details.
- Lee's Lists has a collection of many (30?) d100 titles in the 25699 Names Bundle.
Free and Pay What You Want Options
titles - major | free & pwyw | smaller | group | other
If you like pdfs and random tables then there are some options. And where you find one you might find more...
- To figure out how adventurers came together, Blackstone Entertainment has 47 Fantasy Adventure Hooks: Bringing Your PCs Together With Style.
Smaller Titles
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To find more related titles by a particular publisher the "Customers Who Bought This Title also Purchased" bar at the bottom of product description is useful.
- Black Falcon Games has D-Percent - 100 Character Traits for PCs and NPCs. It is part of a bundle, the Character Builder - Random Generator Collection.
- Infinite Trinkets from Inkwell Ideas has d12 tables to create random trinkets characters might have as keepsakes, mementos, charms, heirlooms or curiosities.
Adventuring Parties
titles - major | free & pwyw | smaller | group | other
Titles to detail the group, hirelings and other parts.
- What does their campsite look like? Inkwell Ideas has Infinite Campsites with several d12 tables to help out.
- What are the adventurers riding? Find out with D-Percent - 100 Fantasy Mounts, Steeds, and Conveyances from Black Falcon Games.
- From Chaos Gen (me) is Adventuring Group Names - Random Tables, with tables of example names and more for creating your own name for a group of adventurers.
Other Titles
titles - major | free & pwyw | smaller | group | other
Things that don't fit in the other categories.
- For foretellings for the group, try the Prophecy Generator from Pink Dice Bag Publishing, with d20 tables to build possible futures.
Finishing Up
This will get updated in the future, but leave a comment with other titles if you have one to share.