D&D Generator

A system for generating random D&D 5E information

Lists

Each list extends the List class, which implements...

• Constructor to set file location/items directly
• getItems method to retrieve all items
• getFiltered method to retrieve all items with a filter
• pickRandom static method to pick random item from a given array
• pickRandom method to pick random item from all items (with an optional filter)

Existing Lists

• Maturity
  • Age range, not number
  • Example: "adult"
• Age
  • Age number
  • Example: "400"
  • Filters: Race and Maturity
• Alignment
  • Example: "Chaotic Good"
• Armor
  • Example: "studded leather armor"
  • Filters: Druids not using metal
• Characteristics
  • Example: "slender"
• Class
  • Example: "Paladin"
  • Filters: Races not suiting a class
• Eye
  • Example: "blue"
  • Weights: Match the real world currently
• Gender
  • Gender identity (currently "Male", "Female", "Non-Binary")
  • Example: "Non-Binary"
• Hair
  • Hair colour
  • Example: "light brown"
  • Weights: Match the real world currently
• Motivation
  • Example: "family"
• Name
  • Custom wrapper for Fantasy Name Generator to support more races
  • NPM Package: Fantasy Name Generator
• Nobility
  • Example: "Merchant"
  • Weights: Match the real world currently (extremely roughly)
• Profession
  • Example: "Town Crier"
  • Specific Nobility-based Lists:
    • Royal
      • Throne sitter and their family
      • Example: No Royal-only professions
    • Noble
      • Example: "Disgraced Royal"
    • Knight
      • Example: No Knight-only professions
    • Esquire
      • Highly respected
      • Example: "Banker"
    • Gentle
      • Royal court invitee or regular
      • Example: "Town Crier"
    • Yeoman
      • Owner or cultivator of an estate
      • Example: "Farmer"
    • Scholar
      • Expert in their academic field
      • Example: "Anthropologist"
    • Merchant
      • Proprietor of any commercial endeavour
      • Example: "Wagoner"
    • Servant
      • Service to the above
      • Example: "Ferryman"
    • Common
      • Most people
      • Example: "Traveler"
    • Peasant
      • Extreme poverty
      • Example: "Runaway Slave"
    • Underclass
      • Fringe of society
      • Example: "Squatter"
• Race
  • Example: "Kobold"
• Sex
  • Birth-assigned Sex
  • Example: "Female"
• Skin
  • Example: "olive"
• Title
  • Example: "Mrs"
• Weapon
  • Assigned only if their age, class, and profession would be a combatant
  • Example: "mace"

Todo

• "Background" list to pick random background, using race/class/etc. to make sense
• "Language" list to pick spoken languages, using background/race/etc. to make sense
• Enemy class to begin generating combat encounters or other party situations
• More prefabs for standard places (shops, places of worship, etc.)