Rabblement of Goblins Name Generator

If you ever need to know the names of the individual goblins in a rabblement, roll for (or pick) a prefix and suffix for each. For the last goblin, roll on the outlier column.

exempli gratia:

Bugpimple

Carpguzzle

Mungplunker

Stickaddle

and Ginger

D30	Prefix			Suffix	Outlier
1	Ache-	Gros-	Repo-	-Addle	Babycake
2	Alibi-	Hat-	Scab-	-Bangle	Beanpole
3	Bat-	Huf(fi)-	Sink-	-Coddle	Beetle
4	Block-	Hump-	Slap-	-Dimple	Buster
5	Boil-	Itch(i)-	Slink-	-Flinger	Chicken Butt
6	Bug-	Jam(mi)-	Slip-	-Gurgle	Coconut
7	Bump-	Jot-	Slop-	-Guzzle	Daisy
8	Canker-	Krisp(i)-	Snap-	-Hopper	Doc
9	Carp-	Left-	Sneek-	-Inkle	Ginger
10	Clod-	Lemmo-	Snot-	-Jottle	Granny
11	Cobb-	Lick-	Snoz-	-Mongle	Guy
12	Cod-	Limp-	Stick(i)-	-Mottle	Hamhock
13	Damp-	Lump-	Stink(o)-	-Nozzle	Howler
14	Dang(it)-	Mimp-	Tang-	-Pimple	Junior
15	Dig-	Mung-	Toot-	-Plunker	Monkey
16	Dit(to)-	Mup(po)-	Tot(ter)-	-Popper	Muffin
17	Dump-	Must(i)-	Tung-	-Rankle	Nibbles
18	Dung-	Nogin-	Ump-	-Rassler	Owlbear
19	Durp-	Nono-	Urk-	-Riggler	Petunia
20	Fester-	Oops(i)-	Wag(ger)-	-Rumple	Pop
21	Fish(i)-	Ooz(i)-	Wig(i)-	-Slinker	Seventeen
22	Fiz(zi)-	Owi-	Wik(ki)-	-Slobber	Slowpoke
23	Flik-	Plop(per)-	Wonk-	-Snozzle	Snaggletooth
24	Flip-	Pluk-	Yak(ki)-	-Spittle	Sparky
25	Flop(po)-	Plump(o)-	Yap(po)-	-Tattle	Squeaky
26	Fluf(fi)-	Pong-	Yoyo-	-Tinkle	The Drip
27	Gas(so)-	Powch-	Yuk(ko)-	-Trumpet	The Fuzz
28	Gil(li)-	Prat-	Zap(po)-	-Waffle	Tom
29	Glop(po)-	Qwit-	Zing(er)-	-Wiffle	Two Trees
30	Grip-	Rang-	Zip(po)-	-Yowler	Weasel

Comments

Knave 2e Alternate Attributes

Sometimes, I'm exactly in the mood for the classic simplicity of defining characters entirely by D&D's six attributes, as Knave does. But sometimes, I want the players have have just a little smidge more to fiddle with.

Maze Rats by Post

In my previous post , I reviewed a bunch of my favorite rulesets for optimization for Play-by-Post. It occurred to me almost immediately that I hadn't really thought about Maze Rats enough. In fact, I'd mis-remembered and mischaracterized it. Upon reflection, one of the mechanics I took issue with is actually a big strength. Re-reading the rules, it seems like just a few very simple hacks could make it a highly-optimized PbP game. As follows: Danger Rolls are rolled by the GM. Danger rolls usually fail, so it is in the player’s interest to describe their actions plausibly and mitigate as many risks as they can, in the hopes that they don’t trigger a danger roll. 2d6 + ability bonus ≥ 10 If you have taken enough precautions to have a distinct advantage in an action, but not enough to have eliminated the distinct possibility of danger, the GM will give you a roll with advantage. 3d6 keep 2 + ability bonus ≥ 10 Because each character only has 3 ability scores (S...

Reviewing Rules for Play-by-Post Optimization

I’ve played a lot of PbP games: all your favorite flavors of OD&D, AD&D, and their retroclones, Call of Cthulhu, Marvel Superheroes, Traveller, Dungeon World, etc. ad nauseam. In almost every instance, I forgot what ruleset we were using at some point. Which is a good thing. Once chargen is over, you spend a lot more time describing your characters actions and poring over the GM’s descriptions than you spend interacting with rules. When you do roll, it’s usually a combat to-hit roll, which you’ve probably programmed into the online dice-roller as a macro. Pretty much any game will work for PbP. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t points of possible optimization. Point 1: Resolution. Anything that can keep the action moving is a boon to PbP. A game that requires a back-and-forth exchange of information to resolve an action is going to progress very slowly. A good rule of thumb is that it’ll take 2 or 3 days to get a response from any given player. At that pace, an exch...

An Abominable Fancy

Search This Blog