Forked Thread: Band/Adventurer group names

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I decided to create similar tables to the below to randomly generate names for more sophisticated/pretentious races/groups. My tables are posted below the Reynards insperational ones.

Let me know any suggestion modifications.

Reynard said:

REVISED

Some folks at Dragonsfoot pointed out that the tables, particularly the leader tables, were kind of 3E-centric. Since with all of these tables I am going for an edition-free feel, I made some revisions.

(Also note that I replaced the "Dire boards" with "Dire boars" because no one, not even D&D PCs, wants to fight 4chan.)

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One Million Orc Tribes

If there's anything more numerous than nameless +1 swords in D&D, it's names, characterless orcs. it's time to inject some flavor into those most staid of mooks.

Note: Orc tribes consist of 10d10 orcs, mostly young males who have been ejected from their former tribes by elder males wishing to reduce competition. There are (1d6-1) x 10% again non-combatant female and young and/or non-orc slaves. Orc tribes exist in all terrain types and climates, so there are no tables for those things. Wherever "orcs" are rolled as an encounter, use this set of tables.

A. Name I (roll 1d10)

1: Skull/Bone
2: Axe/Sword
3: Tusk/Jaw
4: Brain/Eye
5: Flesh/Blood
6: Stone/Steel
7: Tree
8: Elf
9: Dwarf
10: Man

B. Name II (roll 1d10)

1: Breaker
2: Crusher
3: Cleaver
4: Eater
5: Smasher
6: Gnawer
7: Biter
8: Destroyer
9: !@&$!er
10: ___ of Gruumsh (if results 7-10 came up on Table A, re-roll with a 1d6).

C. Where do they live? (roll 1d6)

1: Caves/Caverns
2: Ruined Keep/Castle
3: Orc Village
4: Non-Orc Village (roll 1d6: 1-2=goblinoids, 3-4=ogres/trolls, 5-6=giants)
5: Mobile Camp
6: Within human/demi-human town or city (roll 1d6: 1-3=secretly; 4-6=openly)

D. What do they do? (roll 1d20)

1-5: Raiders/Bandits
6-10: Warband (roll 1d6: 1-2=against other orcs, 3-4=against other humanoids, 4-6=against humans/demi-humans)
11-14: Mercenaries (roll 1d6: 1-3=currently employed, 4-6=currently unemployed)
14-17: Warrior Slaves (roll 1d6: 1=evil wizard, 2=evil dragon, 3=evil warlord/bandit lord, 4=evil priest, 5=evil giants, 6=drow)
18-19: Cult of Gruumsh (roll 1d6: 1-3=kill elves on sight, 4-6=capture elves and sacrifie to Gruumsh)
20: Peacable (roll 1d6: 1-5=just want to be left alone; 6=actively seeking acceptance)

E: Tribal Leader (roll 1d10)

1-2: Crafty Elder*
3-4: Battle Scarred Veteran*
5-6: Young and Powerful Warrior/Hunter*
7: Priest of Gruumsh**
8: Witch Doctor**
9: Orc-ess Witch***
10: Non Orc Leader (roll 1d6 per D4 or use results if already rolled)

*Roll 1d10: 1-6=orc, 6-7=half orc, 8=orog, 9=ogre, 10=giant.
** Roll 1d6: 1-3=accepted leader, 4-6="power behind the throne" - roll again with 1d6 to determine "figurehead".
*** Orc-ess witch is always a "power behind the throne"; roll 1d6 for "figurehead".

F: Pets -- orcs love to dominate other creatures. (roll 1d10)

1: Slaves (roll 1d6: 1=elves, 2-3=halflings, 4-5=gnomes, 6=dwarves, 7-8=humans, 9-10=goblinoids)
2: Wolves (1/3 combatant tribe members)
3: Dire Wolves (1/4 combatant tribe members)
4: Boars (1/3 combatant tribe members)
5: Dire Boars (1/5 combatant tribe members)
6: Ogres (1d4+1/5 combatant tribe members)
7: Trolls (1d3+1/6 combatant tribe members)
8: Giants (1d2+1/10 combatant tribe members)
9: Dragon (roll 1d3 for age cetegory; color appropriate to terrain type, roll 1d6: 1-3=metallic, 4-6=chromatic)
10: Other (roll on appropriate terrain/climate encounter table)

NOTE: All pets and slaves are extremly poorly treated. If given the opportunity while the orcs fight the PCs they will (roll 1d6: 1-2: aid the PCs, 3-5= flee, 6= side with the orcs).

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All tables use the roll of a d20 to generate the information. Roll on Table 1 and 2 to generate a name for a group or just pick a combination. In rare cases the name may be reversable.

table 1
Pre-name
1 Silent
2 Flaming/Flames
3 Lightning/Lights
4 Dawn's
5 Night's
6 Dusk's
7 Singing/Screaming
8 Pale
9 Twilight
10 Iron
11 Violent/Vicious
12 Valient/ Tenacious
13 Soul's/Spirit's
14 Zealous/Subtle
15 Roaring/Howling
16 Frenzied
17 Heaven's
18 Steadfast
19 Thunders/Thundering
20 Brilliant/ Nature's

Table 2
Name
1 Blades
2 Champions
3 Myrmidons
4 Defenders/ Guardians
5 Shadows
6 Rebels
7 Scoundrels
8 Troopers/Warriors
9 Heroes
10 Spellbinders
11 Protectors/ Shield(s)
12 Cavaliers
13 Hammers/Axes/Arrows etc
14 Gambit
15 Vengeance
16 Coterie
17 Cabal
18 Vandals
19 Alliance/Guild/Guide
20 Brotherhood

Roll on the below chart if the above doesn't immediately conjure up a motif/colour for the group. I usually roll twice. In some cases the Colour chart could be used as a Pre-name. Eg the Crimson Arrows.

Table 3
Colours
1 Ivory
2 Ebony
3 Golden
4 Silver
5 Green/hazel
6 Yellow/tawny
7 Red/crimson/scarlet
8 Purple/violet/royal
9 White/pure
10 Brown/auburn/tan/umber
11 gray/ashen/drab
12 blue/royal
13 Orange?
14 emerald
15 bronze
16 amber
17 azure
18 ruby
19 sapphire
20 cobalt

Base of operations and Occupation should be rolled together. As always the Name may suggest particular ones from these lists.

Table 4
Base of Operations
1 Ruined/incomplete fort/keep
2 keep/Castle/Tower
3 Mobile
4 Sacrophagous/necropolis tunnels
5 Sewers
6 Undercity'
7 ruined/abandoned city/town/village
8 Guild House
9 Inn
10 Tent city
11 Forest
12 Caves
13 Hills/Mountains/Volcano
14 Underwater cave
15 Ship(can roll 1d3 if desired)
16 Giant Tree/Treetops
1 7- 20 roll twice or more

Table 5
Occupation
1 Bandits
2 Raiders
3 Pirates
4 warrior-sailors
5 Elite guards
6 Elite warband
7 Mercenaries
8 Cult
9 Rebels
10 Thieves/Cutthroats/assasins
11 Religious order
12 wizards/sorcere's circle
13 Spys/informants
14 sabators/sappers
15 Slavers
16 Adventuring party
17 - 20 roll twice or more


Table 6
Race of the band
1 Human
2 Half-elven
3 Half-orc
4 Halfling
5 Gnome
6 Elven
7 Dwarven
8 Hobgoblin
9 Kobold
10 Sylvan
11 Sahuagin
12 Kuo-toa
13 lycanthropes
14 Giant
15 Int undead
16 - 20 Roll twice or more

Table 7
Leader
1 Lord
2 Chieftain
3 Warrior
4 Bard/rogue
5 Spellcaster
6 Priest
7 Monster
8 Demon/Devil
9 Merchant/House
10 King
11 Ranger/Barbarian
12 Diff race reroll race table
13 Int Undead
14 Lycanthrope
15 Doppleganger
16-20 Multiple one is figurehead

Table 8
Pets
1 Horses/Pony/Mule
2 wardogs
3 riding dogs
4 hunting dogs
5 hyenas
6 Stirges
7 Griffins/Hippogriff/Giant Eagles
8 Pegasus
9 Slaves
10 Snakes
11 Dragonne
12 Golem
13 Shield Guardian
14 Undead
15 Unicorn
16 Dragon/ hydra
17 Dire Animals
18 shadow mastiff/yeth hound
19 Hell hound/winter wolf/howler
20 Elephant/camel



Feel free to give me your suggestions or modify/ make your own tables based on these.

I realized I missed a subtable

table 7.1
Undead Leaders
1 Lich
2 Vampire
3 Mummy
4 Ghost
5 Nightshade
6 Spectre**
7 Shadow*
8 Wraith*
9 Wight*
10 Bodak*
11 Mohrg*
12 Evil Necromancer
13 Evil Cleric
14 Evil Cleric, roll again
15 Evil Necromancer, roll again
16 1d3 of an above roll
17 1d4 of an above roll
18 - 20 multiple reroll

* will not work with non undead unless under control of a spellcaster
** temporary mortal alliances only

Here's an example generated from these tables.

The Pale Defenders are a group of Halflings and Kuo-toa Elite Guards inhabiting the sewers of a port city. There colours are silver and amber. They are lead by a figurehead halfling necromancer. The true power is a kuo-toa cleric. The cleric has a wright under his control. The group has a number of 'pet' stirges they drop on the unwary.

You need to host images online if you want us to be able to see them. We don't have access to your C Drive to view them.

Hopefully I've fixed the problem. Please let me know if you can't see them and I'll try something else.

Merlin the Tuna said:

You need to host images online if you want us to be able to see them. We don't have access to your C Drive to view them.

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Speak for yourself.

silentounce said:

Speak for yourself.

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I believe I fixed the problem after Merlin the Tuna made his comment. But thanks for letting me know that it works. Hopefully someone besides me makes use of the tables.

Really? No comments?

My group in Oklahoma City called our D&D adventuring party "The Foo Fighters". Everywhere we went we told of how fearsome the legendary Foo was and how the very survival of the world depended on our fighting it. If the NPCs asked what it looked like we'd make something up like "It'd burn your eyes just to look upon it" or something like that.

Good times!