Round four out of ten!
I personally use google’s dice roller, but you can use whichever one you like! However, google doesn’t have a D100 so I’ll supply the one I use here: Roll a D100
Round 4 takes place 10 years after Round 3. Age everyone up ten years.
Roll a D6 for each existing married or engaged couple:
- Married
- Married
- Married
- Married
- Divorced or broken up
- Divorced or broken up
Roll a D6 for every dating couple:
- Married
- Married
- Engaged
- Broken up
- Broken up
- Broken up
Roll a D8 for every single person over the age of 18: for anyone under the age of 21, reroll if you land on married or engaged
- Single
- Single
- Dating
- Dating
- Engaged
- Married
- Married
- Roll again
For ages 21-45, you can choose to roll a D6 for the number of new children (you don’t have to if the numbers get ridiculous or the couple isn’t ready yet):
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 4
Roll a D8 for the children’s ages: women aged 21-26
1 Infant
2. Infant
3. 1
4. 1
5. 2
6. 2
7. 3
8. 3
Roll a D10 for the children’s ages: women aged 27-45
- Infant
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Roll any dice for the child’s gender:
Odd = Boy
Even = Girl
Roll a D6 for each character. Once for a first name, then twice for a middle name. You may roll a third time for a second middle name if you’d like:
- Baby Names from Books | Nameberry
- 525+ European Names for Girls and Boys | Nameberry
- 470+ Mythological Names - All Names | Nameberry
- Animal Names for Babies | Nameberry
- Autumn Names - All Names | Nameberry
- An honor name (you can make up a grandparent if you’d like) (reroll if this was a partner)
Roll a D4 for last names or maiden names:
1 or 2. Surnames Categorized "cold" - Behind the Name
3 or 4. 78 Cool Last Names for Your Fiction Characters
Roll a D100 for each family member, if it lands on a 97-100, they have died.
Roll a D10 to see how long ago any death or divorce was, and adjust children accordingly if it was a parent:
- Less than a year ago
- 1 year ago
- 2 years ago
- 3 years ago
- 4 years ago
- 5 years ago
- 6 years ago
- 7 years ago
- 8 years ago
- 9 years ago
Optional:
Roll a D4 for the number of pets:
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
Roll a D8 for the type of pet:
- Dog
- Cat
- Reptile
- Bird
- Fish
- Rodent
- Dog
- Cat
Roll any dice for the pet’s gender:
Odd = Boy
Even = Girl
Roll a D4 for the pets’ names:
1 or 2. Cat Names That Mean Light | Nameberry
3 or 4. https://pethelpful.com/pet-ownership/cute-pet-names
Optional:
Anyone over the age of 18 can have a career: Job Title Generator — Pick a random job!
Your characters can also be a stay-at-home-parents, however, one parent must work.
If you’d like, you can make any adult in the ages of a college student, a student in said career. (i.e. if career is doctor, they can be a student in medecine)
Anyone over the age of 65 is retired.
Thanks for playing! Round 5/10 will be published July 9th.