for this thread, caf stands for create a friend (group). you’ll name a group of friends, choose some personality traits for them, and add some drama!
dice: https://web.archive.org/web/20220218173625/https://www.wizards.com/dnd/dice/dice.htm
roll d12 for how many friends there are
roll for first names:
- from here: List of ghost towns in Oklahoma - Wikipedia
- pick a flower and google translate it into a random language
- starts with C and ends with O
- starts with N and ends with Y
- means “warrior,” “knight,” or “fighter”
- from here: 27 Club - Wikipedia
- starts with the same letter as your mother’s maiden name
- usage is Aramaic, Balochi, or Cypriot
- means “cat,” “panther,” “lion,” “puma,” “leopard,” or “lynx”
- usage is Dhivehi, Etruscan, or Flemish
- from here: List of angels in theology - Wikipedia
- usage is Gilaki, Hmong, or Indonesian
- a word for the color of your eyes
- means “first,” “second,” or “third”
- a name you associate with summer
- from here: Category:Brazilian women writers - Wikipedia
- a car brand
- means “fire,” “flame,” or “spark”
- is five letters and one syllable
- means “blade,” “knife,” “arrow,” or “sword”
roll d4 for whether or not they’ll have a middle name; they’ll only have a middle name if you roll a 3
roll for middle names:
- starts with the first vowel of their first name
- has one more syllable than their first name
- is four letters
- usage is a language you’ve never heard before
- starts with SH, TH, or CH
- has one less syllable than their first name (if first name is one syllable, have middle name be two)
- contains OU anywhere in the name
- means “faith,” “prayer,” or “religious”
- has athletic connotations
- usage is Modern Greek
roll for surnames:
- has the same number of letters as the first name (not necessarily the same number of syllables)
- usage is Jewish, Karelian, or Limburgish
- ends with the first consonant of their first name
- is three syllables
- usage is Maranao, Ndebele, or Ossetian
- meaning includes “arm,” “leg,” “hand,” “nose,” or “ear”
- ends with -ov/a, -ev/a, or -sky
- is a compound word
- from here: List of bartenders - Wikipedia
- has an odd number of letters
now, roll for a piece of their messy, messy lives:
- has a crush on the person directly above them (if they’re listed first, they have a crush on the person listed last)
- runs an interior design firm that only operates at night… and won’t tell anyone why they suddenly don’t eat garlic anymore, why silver is banned in their house, or why mirrors don’t seem to work on them
- had a fling and had an illegitimate child who is now attending the same elementary school as their “real” children
- has been cheating on their SO with the older sibling of the person two names above/below them
- borrowed a family heirloom of the person listed directly below them and accidentally lost it
- can’t stand the sound of their SO snoring, so spends their nights at the apartment of the person listed directly above them… without telling their SO
- is known for being the best baker in town, but steals all their signature recipes from instructions on the back of their cake mix packages
- routinely badmouths one of their friends listed above them while forgetting that that friend works at the same office as they do
- has an affair with the mail man
- never gets gifts for weddings, birthdays, or baby showers but expects them for their own events
- free tile - make up your own juicy story!
- runs an anonymous gossip column and lists every single one of their friends’ drama on it
if they have them, list their SOs, family members, or companies. be creative!