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1d100 Peasant Grievances
1d50 Reasons the Peasants are Revolting
If you want a more refined sort of person, from a different age, try the Dickensian NPC Generator
You could also use this table to vastly improve the quality of your Camp Followers and hirelings.
Peasants don't get last names because nobody really cares. They get smells instead. Peasants usually smell like unwashed people, but underneath the body odour there are other scents.
Name | Odour | Appearance | Demeanour | |
1 | John | stale beer | sweats profusely | devout |
2 | John | rotten vegetables | permanent grimace | devout |
3 | John | dried herbs | fidgets with anything in hands | devout |
4 | John | frying oil | dribbles | devout |
5 | John | fecal sweat | bulbous goiter | devout |
6 | John | peat smoke | youthful, unsmiling face | devout |
7 | John | bitter sweat | whistling voice | devout |
8 | John | ice-cold water | deep, booming voice | devout |
9 | John | goose blood | one dense eyebrow | devout |
10 | John | wood shavings | extraordinarily crooked nose | devout |
11 | William | raw sulphur | almost bald | stoic |
12 | William | urine | splayed, wide-nostrilled nose | stoic |
13 | William | chalk dust | slouching | stoic |
14 | William | rotting fish | sheds clouds of dust | stoic |
15 | William | flour | lumpen | stoic |
16 | Robert | salt | missing limb | stoic |
17 | Robert | soggy paper | narrow face | stoic |
18 | Robert | rotten fruit | blind in one eye | stoic |
19 | Thomas | acidic sweat | sunken head and short limbs | stoic |
20 | Thomas | oysters | deep-sunk, lidded eyes | stoic |
21 | Thomas | cat hair | prominent, sail-like ears | passive |
22 | Richard | onions | one tooth | passive |
23 | Richard | garlic | concave forehead | passive |
24 | Richard | battery acid | hooked, dribbling nose | passive |
25 | Henry | olives | dotted with warts | passive |
26 | Roger | pond scum | prominent, angular chin | passive |
27 | Walter | butter | mouth-breathing | passive |
28 | Adam | dry, well-rubbed leather | smiling, open face | passive |
29 | Nicholas | sour milk | coated head to toe in muck | passive |
30 | Hugh | ozone | has a silent partner | passive |
31 | Peter | molten rubber | speckled with sores | hopeless |
32 | Geoggrey | wet dog | wiry-haired | hopeless |
33 | Ralph | mushroom | old burn scars | hopeless |
34 | Simon | mashed earthworms | ferocious squint | hopeless |
35 | Gilbert | dry, very fine dust | deaf in one ear | hopeless |
36 | Edmund | charcoal | furious eyes | hopeless |
37 | Phillip | soil | rheumy, raw eyes | hopeless |
38 | Stephen | hot blood | feverish movements | hopeless |
39 | Alan | pine | carbuncle | hopeless |
40 | Lawrence | burnt pork | fleas and lice | hopeless |
41 | Andrew | musk | bandy-legged | lazy |
42 | Reginald | dry straw | slow-witted | lazy |
43 | James | stale bread | bafflingly beautiful | lazy |
44 | Bartholemew | roses | long, winding scar | lazy |
45 | Eli | violets | lopsided body | lazy |
46 | Giles | burnt leather | stiff as a board | gluttonous |
47 | Jordan | wine | stump teeth | lustful |
48 | Matthew | damp mouldy bread | large mouth, like a fish | greedy |
49 | Michael | cottage cheese | facial abscess | prideful |
50 | David | compost | pale, cracked skin | slothful |
51 | Alice | rye bread | vein-coated neck | wrathful |
52 | Alice | horse sweat | thin, pale lips | envious |
53 | Alice | freshly cut grass | back bent like a hoop | incompetent |
54 | Alice | camel | haggard and hunted | blasphemous |
55 | Alice | wet horse | pig-like nose | petty |
56 | Alice | ash | cross-eyed | ignorant |
57 | Alice | rotting flowers | long, skeletal fingers | ignorant |
58 | Alice | sun-baked egg | blubber lips | ignorant |
59 | Alice | vinegar | mismatched arms | ignorant |
60 | Alice | mouldy bread | vaguely suggestive comments | ignorant |
61 | Joan | porridge | long-necked | ignorant |
62 | Joan | metal shavings | wipes nose constantly | ignorant |
63 | Joan | flax dust | dented head | ignorant |
64 | Joan | wood smoke | unusually large head | ignorant |
65 | Joan | wet wool | flicking tongue, cracked lips | ignorant |
66 | Agnes | pickled cabbage | irregular, yellow teeth | diseased |
67 | Agnes | rotten meat | phlegm-spraying cough | diseased |
68 | Agnes | freshly baked bread | bird sits on shoulder | diseased |
69 | Margery | grease | flat, pancake face | diseased |
70 | Margery | asparagus | tufts of irregular hair | diseased |
71 | Margery | urine and blood | slab-faced | skeptical |
72 | Isabel | skin flakes | extraordinary compressed | skeptical |
73 | Isabel | lavender | hissing, raspy voice | skeptical |
74 | Isabel | wet clay | sunken head and short limbs | skeptical |
75 | Margaret | tar | twitches and jerks | skeptical |
76 | Emma | blackberries | thunderous flatulence | frantic |
77 | Juliana | sharp raw sewage | stump-fingered | frantic |
78 | Christine | cedar | small, tightly pursed mouth | frantic |
79 | Katherine | cloves | cannot make eye contact | frantic |
80 | Beatrice | mothballs | crooked back | frantic |
81 | Elizabeth | roast chicken | loose skin | frantic |
82 | Ellen | old spinach | remarkably small head | frantic |
83 | Mary | wax | little goggling eyes | frantic |
84 | Amice | rotten eggs | spindly, knob-jointed limbs | frantic |
85 | Sibilla | wet cereal | no chin at all | frantic |
86 | Cecily | pungent blue cheese | bloated stomach | surly |
87 | Sara | damp straw | languid, calm speech | surly |
88 | Avice | lye | terrifying laugh | surly |
89 | Isolda | pus | widely set eyes | surly |
90 | Lucy | wet mortar | potato-shaped nose | surly |
91 | Mariota | mouse urine | astonishingly old | surly |
92 | Ann | yeast | hideous grin and winking eyes | surly |
93 | Annabel | pig shit | oddly effeminate, or masculine | surly |
94 | Anastasia | horse shit | half-asleep | surly |
95 | Avelina | goat shit | missing fingers | surly |
96 | Letitia | dog shit | waddling gait | rebellious |
97 | Agatha | cow shit | stutter | rebellious |
98 | Eustacia | ten different kinds of shit | sagging lips | rebellious |
99 | Sabrina | no odour | wild, tangled hair | rebellious |
100 | Susanna | eye-wateringly strong (reroll) | prominent mole or boil | rebellious |
Names collected from here.
This is a fun list. Because 4 x d100 is kinda awkward to roll: https://codepen.io/isaacwilliams/full/MoMNVK/
ReplyDeleteRad Dude aptly describes you!
DeleteWell that's neat as heck!
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ReplyDeleteI took out the odours. I would not use that column. No offence meant.
But the odours! :(
DeleteIt's how you tell peasants apart. Barons are defined by their Stuff, burghers are defined by their Ambitions, and Peasants are defined by their smell.