Ready-to-Play Random Character Generator for Colonial Gothic (2nd edition)

[Emirikol]

Version 2.1. A couple small additions and corrections:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/167876/COLONIAL%20GOTHIC/Colonial%20Gothic%202e%20Random%20Character%20Generator%202.1.xlsx




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[Emirikol]

Added colorful hooks. I created them from a list of the bestiary, colonial pamphlet references, and famous people. I'll probably add some more later.

One of the hooks will have a person/place/thing related to something like that.

I just "re-saved version 2.1. So you can re-download if you want.

I also added some Yes/No dropdown boxes if you want:
* All characters armed (even if their background doesn't start with a weapon)..e.g. Urban colonist starts with a pistol and a knife or hatchet by default.
* Expanded native tribes list to the Gazetteer
* Colorful Hooks


Any other suggestions?

 

[Emirikol]

ADDED to character generator: specific or random character background drop-down. Re-saved to version 2.1.

Now you can randomly create a bunch of a particular background (e.g. frontier colonist) to hand to your players: "Here's 5, pick one".


Related note, I'm prepping BOSTON BESIEGED. Anybody got any play experience on this one or the prequel in the Gazetteer?

Enjoy

jh

 

[Bedrockgames]

Some little things that I did:
* The naming system: I used names from lists on the Mayflower and first colonies (English). For the indian tribes, I used ones from an actual list of Algonquin tribal names)

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If you need more names these local papers from the Boston area in 1776 may be helpful: http://www.masshist.org/dorr/browse-date/year/1776

 

[Emirikol]

That's awesome.

I've got to get more names for non-english.

Primarily:
Dutch
French
German
Portuguese and Spanish

 

[Emirikol]

Much more awesomeness to the CG2 character ready to play generator:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/167876/COLONIAL%20GOTHIC/Colonial%20Gothic%202e%20Random%20Character%20Generator%202.2.xlsx

 

[Emirikol]

This is a major updated version. Added tons of new stuff and function.

This will be the last update until after the Player Companion comes out.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/167876/COLONIAL%20GOTHIC/Colonial%20Gothic%202e%20Random%20Character%20Generator%202.3.xlsx

Image of a character:

Also, I found this interview: http://atomicarray.com/colonial-gothic-aa001

Enjoy!

Jay H

 

[Emirikol]

God Save the King! The Player's Companion is out and so I have added more elements to the character generator. The 3.0 version adds:
BACKGROUND TEMPLATES
OPTION TO EXCLUDE BRITISH RESULTS IN TEMPLATES (if you only want patriots)

I plan to add:
All the new Weapons
Disadvantages/advantages
Social starting stuff (family, class, starting money, etc.)
The new skills
A "quick reference sheet" for players
Add the 'primary ability score' preference per template
Add preferred skills per template

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/167876/COLONIAL%20GOTHIC/Colonial%20Gothic%202e%20Random%20Character%20Generator%203.0.xlsx

Enjoy!

Jay H

[edit: add:

Just a heads-up, Drivethrurpg has the following items that are probably good for tabletop usePLUS MOST ARE ON SALE)

* Wooden Buildings (fat dragon games)--- these are ideal, as you can put the "wooden siding" look common to colonial america
* Savage Worlds Gothic Figure flats
* Native americans 1,2
* Gothic Heroes: American Revolution Statix 1


What I'd like to see is some French & Indian war frontiersmen. I may end up making some from some screenshots of miniatures of the same name.


jh


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[Emirikol]

4.2 is done. I added USER option: "Don't show trained-only skills if not trained."

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...Gothic 2e Random Character Generator 4.2.xlsx

 

[Emirikol]

Here is version 4.4: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u...Gothic 2e Random Character Generator 4.4.xlsx

Here is the Table Tent for our upcoming convention: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/167876/COLONIAL GOTHIC/cg table tent complete png 3.png

Sorry, the sample character sheets above were deleted.
Just hit F9 on the Excel file and it will create massive amounts of finished characters.

jh