NPC Generator

[Granpafishy]

Does anyone have or know of a npc generator? I'm not wanting something complicated, but have a situation where there are 2000+ npc's on a ship that is currently disabled that the PC's are trying to fix. A mass producer would be fantastic.

 

[Jame]

Oooh, that's a good question. Now, I hate to hijack this thread (and yes, to a certain extent I actually DO), but whenever the NPC generator is found, could someone find a random encounter/situation generator? Thanks!

 

[Granpafishy]

Well, as far as an Encounter generator, here: http://freespace.virgin.net/stuart.ferris/encounte.htm
It doesn't do situations like whats been talked about on this board recently, but does handle Patrons (2 of them) Rumors, Animals, and random stuff.

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

If you're looking for Classic Traveller NPCs, I've written some perl code to generate characters for the six basic careers as well as the twelve from Supplement 4: Citizens of the Imperium. I haven't released it yet because it's part of a larger package that isn't complete, and it hasn't been well-tested. If you let me know what kinds of characters you like and how many, however, I'll do a run and either post it all here or email you a whacking big text file.

 

[Granpafishy]

Well, most of the 2000+ people on the liner are rich, noble, or look like it. I don't expect most of them to have the vast array of skills that T4 give normal pc's, so standard Classic npc's should work just fine.

As for posting, it seams that there is an interst in large numbers of npc's, but I don't knw ow where the best place for them would be.

 

[flykiller]

Well, most of the 2000+ people on the liner are rich, noble, or look like it.

do you really need 2000 NPC's? what if you generate maybe a dozen critical characters and just put the rest in the "warm body" category?

 

[Jame]

Thanks for the encounter generator!

(Jame takes his time about looking, but manages to wander on over...)

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

Here are some NPCs for you. I generated sixteen nobles:

Noble Knight 465A6A Age 46 7 Terms Cr 350000
Blade Combat-1, Carousing-1, Engineering-1, Gun Combat-1, Hunting-1, Navigation-1, Pilot-1
Blade, High Passage, Travellers'

Noble Knight 69754E Age 34 4 Terms Cr 250000
Bribery-1, Hunting-1, Ship's Boat-2
Gun x2, Yacht

Noble Knight 76626D Age 30 3 Terms Cr 250000
Brawling-1, Navigation-2, Ship's Boat-1, Vehicle-1
Travellers'

Noble Knight 55655D Age 30 3 Terms Cr 200000
Brawling-1, Bribery-1, Pilot-2, Ship's Boat-1
Gun, High Passage

Noble Knight 2757A9 Age 46 7 Terms Cr 350000
Blade Combat-2, Bribery-1, Jack-o-T-1, Leader-1, Vehicle-2
Blade, Gun x3, High Passage

Noble Baron 7B879E Age 46 7 Terms Cr 250000
Blade Combat-1, Brawling-1, Computer-1, Liaison-3, Medical-1
Blade, High Passage, Travellers', Yacht

Noble Knight 458B79 Age 26 2 Terms Cr 250000
Blade Combat-1, Brawling-1, Vehicle-2
Gun

Noble Baron A8773C Age 38 5 Terms Cr 200000
Blade Combat-1, Carousing-1, Gun Combat-1, Leader-1, Pilot-1
High Passage, Yacht

Noble Knight 36237D Age 26 2 Terms Cr 0
Blade Combat-1, Pilot-1
Blade, Gun

Noble Knight 34363B Age 38 5 Terms Cr 250000
Brawling-1, Bribery-1, Leader-1, Navigation-1, Pilot-2, Vehicle-1
Blade, Yacht

Noble Knight 65648C Age 42 6 Terms Cr 400000
Blade Combat-1, Bribery-1, Carousing-2, Engineering-1, Hunting-1
Gun, Travellers'

Noble Baron 465A3A Age 46 7 Terms Cr 250000
Blade Combat-1, Brawling-1, Hunting-1, Ship's Boat-2, Vehicle-1
High Passage x3, Yacht

Noble Baron 89895C Age 26 2 Terms Cr 350000
Blade Combat-1, Brawling-1, Bribery-1

Noble Knight A6464C Age 46 7 Terms Cr 200000
Bribery-1, Gun Combat-1, Leader-1, Pilot-2, Ship's Boat-1, Vehicle-1
Gun, Yacht

Noble Knight 87CA9E Age 30 3 Terms Cr 250000
Engineering-1, Leader-1, Vehicle-1
Blade, Yacht

Noble Baron 6BA97A Age 46 7 Terms Cr 250000
Brawling-1, Bribery-1, Gun Combat-1, Ship's Boat-2
High Passage, Travellers', Yacht

And then four naval characters to add into the mix:

Navy Lieutenant 559689 Age 26 2 Terms Cr 20000
Engineering-1, Jack-o-T-1, Mechanical-1, Vacc Suit-1

Navy Lieutenant 858996 Age 30 3 Terms Cr 10000
Electronic-1, Forward Observer-1, Gunnery-1, Vacc Suit-1
Travellers'

Navy Lt Cmdr 8A458C Age 34 4 Terms Cr 55000
Electronic-1, Engineering-1, Gunnery-1, Medical-1, Pilot-1, Ships' Boat-2
Blade x2

Navy Lieutenant 6877B5 Age 30 3 Terms Cr 120000
Gun Combat-1, Gunnery-2, Medical-1, Ships' Boat-1

And a couple doctors:

Doctor 5837F9 Age 46 7 Terms Cr 100000
Computer-2, Electronic-1, Medical-2
Instruments, Weapon x2

Doctor 357C89 Age 30 3 Terms Cr 110000
Computer-1, Medical-2

And finally a pair of Others who will no doubt be disguised as one of the above:

Other 657797 Age 46 7 Terms Cr 30000
Blade Combat-2, Brawling-2, Electronic-1, Gun Combat-1, Medical-1, Streetwise-1
Gun, High Passage

Other 668B5A Age 30 3 Terms Cr 210000
Gambling-1, Gun Combat-1, Vehicle-1

Have fun!

 

[Granpafishy]

Originally posted by flykiller:
do you really need 2000 NPC's? what if you generate maybe a dozen critical characters and just put the rest in the "warm body" category?

Yeah, that works just fine, but having the large number can be benificial for future games too.

Originally posted by FlightCommanderSolitude:
Here are some NPCs for you. I generated sixteen nobles:
Have fun!

Thanks, that will help a lot. I certainly look forward to the finishing of your program.

 

[Emperor Cleon]

I know this response is a bit late... But what you really need is a copy of the Classic Traveller Utility, by Steven Koo. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if it's available anywhere anymore. I have a copy of it though. If there is enough intrest, I'll post it on my website for download.

BTW, the Classic Traveller Utility will do the following;
build characters (from book 1 and supplement 4)
build worlds and animal encounter charts
build random NPC's
build random encounters
build patron/adventure seeds
build starship encounters
build ships (book 2 rules)
also includes a library data database, equipment list, and skill list

all in all, an extremely valuable bit of software.

 

[Slink182]

My ears are burning...

Hi, I'm Steve Koo, the author of The Classic Traveller Utility. I honestly didn't expect anyone to remember that bit of programming since, well...

1) My original host went belly up (along with the original d/l), and
2) It was never successfully hosted anywhere else for any extended period of time (don't look at me, I have NO idea why).

Kind of blew chunks, that did.

Anyways, if you want a copy, let me know, give me your email address, and I'll email it to you.

Cheers,
Steve

btw: The CTU is Freeware, so if anyone want's to distribute it, be my guest (heck, it states it's freeware right up front when it starts up).

 

[FlightCommanderSolitude]

Hey Steve,

You should be able to upload it to this page right here, just click the "add a resource" link on the right hand menu.

 

[Straybow]

Hmmm, musta been lurking or something...

 

[Slink182]

Originally posted by Straybow:
Hmmm, musta been lurking or something...

Actually, no. I use to come here a fair bit a few years ago, then the entire forum moved, and I never managed to re-establish a valid link. Only stumbled across this site a few days ago while looking for erratas for T20.

 

[E.D.Quibell]

The utility sounds great. I'd love a copy if someone would email me one.

Thanks

edquibell@quibell.org.uk

 

[Granpafishy]

Originally posted by Slink182:
Anyways, if you want a copy, let me know, give me your email address, and I'll email it to you.

Cheers,
Steve

Yes, I would most certainly like a copy.

at.hastings@verizon.net

 

[slyen2002]

me too

slyen2002@yahoo.com
(dont tell anyone plzzz)


if that does work try capiatilizing the s

Also has anyone tried using excel?