Sometimes you, as a Ghostmaster (and I'm assuming you're a Ghostmaster, but if you're not, let's just pretend), need to create a non-character player on the spot to interact with your players' characters. Perhaps you mentioned a bystander in passing or the player characters suddenly want to consult someone, and you had not considered generating the statistics for every living person on the planet. You fool!
Well, fear not. With one handy little table and three six-sided dice, you can easily generate the Traits of any non-player character in mere seconds. In fact, with slight modification this table could also be used by players who prefer the random generation of Traits to the standard point allocation method, so a second table is provided for starting player characters.
N.B. These tables are for use with the first edition Ghostbusters role-playing game. The author assumes no responsibility for their use in any other game, dimension, or plane of existence.
| NPC Random Trait Value Generator | |
|---|---|
| 3d6 | Trait Value |
| 3-4 | 1 |
| 5-8 | 2 |
| 9-12 | 3 |
| 13-15 | 4 |
| 16-17 | 5 |
| 18 | 6 |
| PC Random Trait Value Generator | |
|---|---|
| 3d6 | Trait Value |
| 3-4 | 1 |
| 5-8 | 2 |
| 9-12 | 3 |
| 13-16 | 4 |
| 17-18 | 5 |
