NPC Generator

The archetype is the main thing. Look is just for inspiration. Goals are generic. Use if needed for on the spot motivations.

WARNING: pretty much random capitalization for no reason.

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Archetypes

They character is defined by this trait. Embrace the power of type. Let specificity leak out, but insist upon conformity to this generality.

1. Brainiac Because of Brain Tumor of Which is Acutely Aware, Torn Between Mediocrity and Death
2. Buffoon Because of Desperate Coping Mechanism, Hints of True Self in Offhand Comments
3. Busybody Because Has Given Up On Own Longings
4. Charlatan From Psychological Compulsion, Feels Terribly Guilty, Can't Ask for Help
5. Chill, Man, This Is My Actual Philosophy Built upon the Ruins of Its Opposite
6. So Cool I Can't Believe It
7. Curmudgeon Who Unaccountably Is Justified In Prejudice, As You Will Soon See
8. Dreamer Who Wants Something Very Very Stupid
9. Hannibal Lecter, Give Or Take
10. Hippie Because Has Given Up on Humans As a Cause But Cannot Escape the Need to Serve Something
11. The Dude, With Potential Hinted At But Not Utilized for Fear of Failure
12. Good Guy Unsatisfied With Goodness
13. Martin Luther (Pre-Reformation)
14. Revolutionary Dangerously Blind With Fervor For Personal Reasons, and Even Now They Are About to Land In Serious Trouble
15. Perceived (Actual?) Messiah / Antichrist in Denial, But the Signs Are Coming On Stronger Now
16. Happy Go Lucky Because Can't Confront the Existential Nightmare Haunting the Moments in Which They Forget to Smile
17. Hopeless Romantic. Literally Hopeless. Latches Onto Terrible Target So As Not to be Disappointed.
18. Radically Insecure re: Something, Lashes Out Uncontrollably re: Slights to It
19. Bitterly Resentful of Past Slight, Constantly Displaying a Self in Opposition to It
20. Know-it-All ("Actually . . .")
21. Sakura
22. Ruthlessly Scheming Institutional Climber
23. Rockstar Secretly Writing High Art to Fulfill Self-Expectations
24. Foreigner Who Is Very Foreigner But Is Laying It On Thick On Purpose
25. Well-Read Redneck
26. Bookworm Because Desperately Seeking Answers to a Single Question
27. Jock Who Wants to Help Everyone Be Just Like Self
28. Unbearably Preppy & Judgmental
29. Pretentious (always offended at perceived "slights" to "station")
30. Penitent But Seen/Done Some Things, Man
31. Proper (shocked, shocked, and disappointed)
32. Intelligent, Thoughtful Fundamentalist
33. Good Samaritan
34. Wallflower With Quiet Insight & Competence
35. Workaholic
36. Rock Lee
37. Naruto
38. Teddy Roosevelt
39. Brazenly Venal
40. Underachieving Cool Person Who's Been Everywhere And Is Talented At Everything

Look (add an adjective to any result)

1. Describe a celebrity without using their name
2. Exaggerated Feature (hair to waist, tiny hands, massive belly)
3. Missing Feature (albinism, no eyes, no hair/beard, one ear)
4. Metaphorical Feature (eyes like pits, teeth like milk, hair like dead leaves)

Goal

1. Affection
2. Commitment
3. Repentance
4. Apology
5. Restitution
6. Vengeance
7. Attention
8. Conversion
9. Forgiveness
10. Admission
11. Respect
12. Support