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Undead Background and Purpose Generator · 5 tables
Undead Background Inside Undead Background and Purpose d20 table · 20 entries
  1. A farmer or herder.
  2. A miner or fisher.
  3. A slave or servant.
  4. A laborer or unskilled worker.
  5. A beggar or urchin.
  6. A noble or knight.
  7. An artist or craftsman.
  8. A merchant or shopkeeper.
  9. A barkeep or barmaid.
  10. A barbarian or gladiator.
  11. A minstrel or singer.
  12. A priest or monk.
  13. An herbalist or healer.
  14. A soldier or sellsword.
  15. A cultist or preacher
  16. A hunter or assassin.
  17. A thief or bandit.
  18. A smuggler or con artist.
  19. A sailor or pirate.
  20. An alchemist or seer.
Cause of Death Inside Undead Background and Purpose d20 table · 20 entries
  1. Hanging or strangulation.
  2. Beheading.
  3. A stab wound or beating.
  4. Blunt trauma or being crushed.
  5. Drowning.
  6. A plague.
  7. A gastrointestinal illness.
  8. A respiratory illness.
  9. An infected wound.
  10. Poisoning.
  11. Falling from a great height.
  12. A horse or wagon accident.
  13. A venereal disease.
  14. An allergic reaction.
  15. Shock.
  16. A heart attack or stroke.
  17. Liver failure.
  18. Old age.
  19. Natural causes.
  20. Unknown causes or under mysterious circumstances.
Cursed Purpose Inside Undead Background and Purpose d12 table · 12 entries
  1. To seek vengeance.
  2. To pine for lost love.
  3. To bemoan lost treasure.
  4. Out of pure hatred of the living.
  5. Out of jealousy of the living.
  6. To covet the belongings of a specific individual.
  7. To provide protection to a specific someone.
  8. To warn a specific someone against danger.
  9. To warn everyone against a specific danger.
  10. To torment a specific someone.
  11. To torment members of a specific group.
  12. To torment anyone who crosses its path.
Breaking the Curse Inside Undead Background and Purpose d12 table · 12 entries
  1. Someone helps it achieve it's goal.
  2. It saves the life of at least one other person.
  3. It achieves its goal on its own.
  4. It is destroyed.
  5. It is driven from its current location.
  6. It is given evidence of events that happened after the person's death.
  7. It is made aware of the circumstances of the person's death.
  8. It is forced to visit the location of the person's death.
  9. It is given the opportunity to speak to a loved one.
  10. It sufficiently satisfies its lust for blood.
  11. It sufficiently satisfies its lust for human touch.
  12. The Hells freeze over.
Undead Attitude Inside Undead Background and Purpose d8 table · 8 entries
  1. Hostile and aggressive.
  2. Hostile and suspicious.
  3. Nervous and frightened.
  4. Mostly indifferent.
  5. Completely indifferent.
  6. Curious but suspicious.
  7. Curious and playful.
  8. Desperate and aggressive.