Quick Roll Character Tables for Older D&D

Quick Roll Character Tables

Want to roll a character all at once without having to look at the rulebook? Tired of players poring over the equipment & spell lists, or agonizing over which class to take? Need some NPCs in a jiffy? Have a late or lazy player that wants to jump in with a character quickly?

Simply roll 3d6 nine times and mark down the results! (Sorry, Blogger wouldn’t let me make it long sideways, so I’ve cut it in two and stacked it below)

	3	4-5	6-8
1) STR	Feeble	Puny	Weak
2) CON	Sickly	Frail	Easily Winded
3) DEX	Lame	Clumsy	Inept
4) INT	Ignorant	Backward	Uneducated
5) WIS	Idiotic	Obtuse	Dull
6) CHA	Revolting	Unpleasant	Awkward
7a) BASIC ALIGNMENT	NEUTRAL	LAWFUL	CHAOTIC
7b)ADVANCED  ALIGNMENT	TRUE NEUTRAL	LAWFUL EVIL	NEUTRAL EVIL
8) BASIC CLASSES*	Cleric	Thief	Wizard
9-12	13-15	16-17	18
1) STR  Average	Muscled	Powerful	Herculean
2) CON  Average	Hardy	Tough	Indomitable
3) DEX  Average	Quick	Nimble	Fluid
4) INT  Average	Educated	Knowledgeable	Sage
5) WIS  Average	Insightful	Quick Witted	Genius
6) CHA  Average	Pleasant	Attractive	Mesmerizing
7a) NEUTRAL	LAWFUL	CHAOTIC	NEUTRAL
7b) CHAOTIC GOOD	NEUTRAL GOOD	CHAOTIC EVIL	LAWFUL GOOD
8) Fighter	Cleric	Thief	Wizard

	3	4-5	6-8
9a) FIGHTER GEAR	Peasant tunic & breeches	Peasant tunic, breeches, rusty axe (- 1 to damage)	Peasant tunic, breeches, longsword
9b) THIEF GEAR	Dirty rags	Dirty tunic, cloak & rusty short sword (- 1 to damage)	Dirty tunic, cloak, sack & short sword
9c) CLERIC GEAR	Scratchy hairshirt & rope belt	Threadbare robe, rope belt, & improvised bludgeon (breaks on a roll of 1)	Threadbare robe, rope belt, cudgel, wooden holy symbol
9d) WIZARD GEAR	Soiled robe, no spellbook	Threadbare robe & blank spellbook	Threadbare robe, , spellbook with 1 random spell, dagger
9-12	13-15	16-17	18
Good tunic, breeches, boots, backpack,  a day’s food, longsword, small shield or chainmail, 12 torches, 1-6 gold pieces	Good tunic, breeches, boots, backpack,  2 day’s food, longsword, small shield, leather armor, 20 torches, 10-60 gold pieces	Fine tunic, breeches, boots, backpack,  a week’s food, chainmail, shield, choice of weapon, lantern & oil, unsaddled riding horse, 20-120 gold pieces	Princely tunic, breeches, boots, backpack, 2 week’s food, choice of +1 weapon, normal armor, shield, riding boots, lantern & oil, backpack, 2 week’s food, a silver comb, saddled warhorse, & 100-600 gold pieces
Good tunic, cloak, soft shoes, thieves’ tools, sack, a day’s food, 50 ft of rope, 1-6 gold pieces	Good tunic, cloak, soft shoes, thieves’ tools, sack, 2 day’s food, 50 ft of rope, 10-60 gold pieces	Fine tunic, cloak, soft shoes, thieves’ tools, sack, 1 week’s food, choice of 2 weapons,  100 ft of rope & grappling hook, donkey, 20-120 gold pieces	Silk tunic, cloak, leather boots, choice of a +1 weapon or boots of sneaking, 1 normal weapon, normal leather armor, thieves’ tools, sack, 2 week’s food, 100 ft of rope & grappling hook, full wineskin, saddled riding horse, 100-600 gold pieces
Good robe, belt, sandals, 10 ft pole, sack, a sausage (1 day’s food), 1-6 gold pieces	Good robe, belt, sandals, 10 ft pole, sack, 2 sausages, 10-60 gold pieces	Fine robe, belt, sandals, 10 ft hooked pole, sack, 7 sausages & a wheel of cheese (1 week’s food), choice of weapon & armor, mule, 20-120 gold pieces	Ceremonial robes, mitre, daily cassock, boots, 20 ft extending hooked pole, choice of weapon, + 1 armor & normal shield, barrel of beer, horse & wagon, 100-600 gold pieces
Good robe, shoes,  backpack, 1day’s food,  a mirror, spellbook with 1 random spell, dagger, 1-6 gold pieces	Good robe, shoes,  backpack,  2 day’s food, spellbook with 1 spell of choice & 1 random spell, dagger, 10-60 gold pieces	Fine robe, pointy hat, pointy shoes,  spellbook with 2 random spells & 1 spell of choice, dagger, choice of weapon, 20-120 gold pieces, riding ostrich	Impressive wizarding robes, shoes & hat, spellbook with 2  spells of choice & 2 random spells, illustrated Kama Sutra, choice between + 1 dagger / ring of protection +1 / or minor bag of holding (up to 100 lbs), wand of continual light, horse & 2-man buggy, 100-600 gold pieces

* If you want to use demihumans, use 3 for Halfling, 14-15 for Elf, and 18 for Dwarf. Halflings get gear as a Thief, Elf gets hear as Wizard or Fighter (choose one), and Dwarf gets gear as Fighter.

EXAMPLE

Here is the first schmoe I rolled, ready for adventure!

STR 9 CON 9 DEX 8 INT 12 WIS 11 CHA 10

Chaotic or Neutral Evil (7)

Wizard (rolled an 8)

Good robe, shoes, backpack, 2 day’s food, spellbook with 1 spell of choice & 1 random spell, dagger, 10-60 gold pieces (lucky 13)

20 gp

Not too shabby. Well call him Kabra the Mystic and we’re ready to make our way in the world.