Background Detail

This information can be used as a quick and convenient way to give a character more depth. As well as name lists for Human citizens of The Empire, Dwarfs, Elves, Halflings, and Gnomes, there are tables for determining a character's height and weight, hair and eye colour, distinguishing characteristics, place of birth, and family background.

Players can use this chapter to breathe life into a newly created character very simply. At the GM's option, players can pick from the various tables or reroll or ignore results that don't match with their developing conception of their character. Also, the GM has the final say on whether and to what extent a character's distinguishing characteristics affect his or her profile.

The GM can use this chapter to develop interesting NPCs just as quickly. A conversation overheard in a tavern becomes all the more interesting if one of the speakers is a huge man with red hair, a strawberry birthmark, and one eye, while the other is a scrawny-looking Dwarf with many scars and a stutter, rather than if they are both generic and undescribed cardboard cut-outs.

Character Names

Human Names

Forenames

The following lists give common Imperial forenames. You can select names from the list as you need them or roll D1000 if you prefer. The list is not exhaustive, but includes most of the more popular forenames of use in the Empire.

In the tables, some names can have more than one form (including informal shortened forms) and these are shown under the same listing. Some of the names are followed by a number; the meanings of these are as follows:

1. These names can be combined to produce a compound name, e.g. Karl-Franz, Hans-Peter, Anne-Lise, Marie-Astrid. This practice is most commonly used among members of the nobility.
2. These names are archaic, but are still in use occasionally. They are most popular among the nobility and the older generations.
3. These names show Kislevite influence. They are most common in the north and east of the Empire, but are not unknown elsewhere.
4. These names show Wastelander influence; they are most common in the northwest of the Empire, but are also used in other areas.
5. These names show Norse influence; they are most common in the extreme north of the Empire, but are also used in other areas.
6. These names are more common in the south of the Empire than elsewhere.
7. These names show Bretonnian influence; they are most common in the west of the Empire, but are also used in other areas.

D1000 Roll	Imperial Male Forenames
001-002	Adam
003-006	Adelbert2
007-022	Adolf / Adolphus2
023-026	Albert
027-034	Albricht / Alberich / Albrecht
035-036	Aldheim
037-044	Alex / Alexei3 / Alexis3
045-048	Alfred / Alfried
049-050	Alfricht
051-066	Anders4/5
067-074	Andreas
075-082	Anton6/7
083-084	Arthur
085-088	Axel
089-092	Barthelm
093-100	Bengt5
101-116	Bernhard / Bernhardt
117-132	Berthold / Bertholdt
133-140	Boris
141-164	Bruno
165-196	Carolus2 / Carl1 / Karl1
197-220	Claus / Klaus
221-228	Conrad / Konrad
229-232	Diehl
233-240	Dieter
241-244	Dietrich
245-248	Eberhard / Eberhardt
249-250	Eckhard / Eckhardt
251-254	Edgar
255-262	Ehrhard / Ehrhardt
263-266	Ehrmann
267-268	Emmerich
269-292	Erich
293-324	Ernst
325-332	Erwin
333-334	Faustmann
335-336	Felix2/6
337-340	Ferdinand
341-372	Franz1
373-404	Friedrich / Fritz1 / Frederik
405-408	Gebhard / Gebhardt
409-412	Georg1/3
413-420	Gerhard / Gerhardt
421-424	Gottfried
425-428	Gotthard / Gotthardt
429-432	Gottlieb
433-434	Gregor3
435-438	Gunnar
439-446	Gunthar / Gunther
447-462	Gustaf / Gustav / Gustavus2
463-466	Hals
467-498	Hannes1 / Hans
499-500	Hartwig
501-516	Heinrich
517-524	Heinz1
525-526	Heironymus2
527-534	Helmut
535-536	Hergard
537-544	Herman / Hermann
545-546	Herpin
547-548	Hildebrand / Hildebrandt
549-550	Holger5
551-554	Hugo6/7
555-556	Hultz
557-558	Humfried
559-562	Jakob
563-566	Joachim4
567-598	Johann1 / Johannes
599-606	Josef1
607-608	Kaspar
609-610	Kastor
611-614	Knud5 / Knut5
615-638	Kurt
639-640	Lorenz6
641-642	Leonhard
643-646	Leopold
647-648	Luitpold
649-656	Ludovicus2 / Ludwig
657-660	Lukas
661-664	Magnus2
665-672	Martin
673-676	Matthias
677-684	Max1 / Maximillian
685-686	Moritz6
687-694	Niklaus / Nikolas / Nikolaus
695-698	Olaf5
699-700	Oskar7
701-708	Otto
709-716	Paul1 / Paulus
717-724	Peter1 / Pieter
725-726	Quintus2
727-728	Ralf5
729-736	Rolf1/5
737-738	Reinald
739-746	Reiner
747-754	Reinhard / Reinhardt
755-762	Reinhold
763-766	Reinwald
767-770	Rudiger / Rutger
771-778	Rudolf / Rudi
779-780	Ruprecht
781-788	Siegfried
789-792	Sigismund / Siggi
793-800	Sigmund / Siggi
801-802	Stehmar
803-818	Stephan / Stefan
819-820	Theodosius2/6 / Theo
821-822	Theophilus2/6 / Theo
823-830	Thomas
831-832	Tobias2/6
833-840	Udo
841-844	Uhler
845-852	Ulrich
853-856	Viktor3
857-860	Vorster
861-868	Waldemar
869-876	Walter
877-909	Werner
910-942	Wilhelm
943-959	Wolf
960-983	Wolfgang
984-000	Wolmar

D1000 Roll	Imperial Female Forenames
001-005	Agnes2
006-015	Agnetha2/5
016-020	Alexa3
021-030	Alfrida5
031-035	Alice / Alicia
036-040	Amalie
041-060	Andrea
061-065	Anika
066-090	Anna1
091-095	Astrid1/4/5
096-100	Barbara2/6
101-105	Beatrix2/6
106-115	Berta / Bertha
116-125	Bianka6
126-130	Birgit5
131-145	Brigette / Gitta4/5
146-155	Britt / Brita5
156-170	Brunhild / Brunhilde
171-180	Charlotte / Carlott
181-190	Carina6
191-200	Carmilla2/3
201-205	Claudia2/6/7
206-215	Dagmar
216-220	Elena6
221-230	Elfrida5
231-250	Elisa / Elise
251-260	Elisabeth
261-275	Elsa
276-285	Emmanuelle6/7
286-295	Emilie
296-300	Erika5
301-305	Esther6
306-315	Etelka
316-340	Eva
341-350	Franziska7
351-360	Frida5
361-370	Gabrielle / Gabi7
371-385	Gerda
386-390	Gertrud2 / Gertrude2
391-400	Gilda
401-415	Greta5
416-425	Gretel
426-435	Gretchen
436-450	Hanna
451-460	Hedwig
461-470	Heidi
471-475	Helena6
476-495	Hilda
496-505	Hildegard
506-515	Hunni
516-530	Ilsa / Ilse
531-550	Inga
551-570	Ingrid4/5
571-575	Irene / Irina6
576-590	Isolde
591-615	Johanna / Janna
616-620	Juliane6
621-625	Karelia5
626-635	Karin5
636-645	Karoline6/7
646-660	Katharine / Katrina6/7
661-680	Kirsten5
681-690	Klara2/6
691-700	Leonore / Leni
701-710	Ludmilla
711-715	Luise / Lise1
716-720	Magdalene / Magda
721-725	Margaritha6/7
726-735	Marianne
736-750	Marlene
751-760	Martha / Marte
761-765	Martina
766-775	Marie1/6/7 / Maria1/6/7
776-780	Mathilde / Tilda6/7
781-785	Nastassia3
786-790	Natasha3
791-795	Ottilia
796-800	Petra6
801-815	Regina / Regine / Gina
816-830	Renata / Renate
831-835	Selena6
836-850	Sigrid5
851-855	Sigrun5
856-860	Silma
861-870	Solveig3
871-880	Sophia6
881-890	Susanne2/6 / Susanna2/6 / Susi
891-895	Theodora / Dora6
896-900	Theodosia / Theda6
901-910	Therese6
911-920	Thylda
921-935	Ulrike / Ulla
936-960	Ursula / Uschi
961-965	Veronica6/7
966-975	Wanda
976-985	Wertha
986-000	Wilhemina / Mina

Surnames

As in mediaeval Europe, the forename is most commonly used to identify a person and the surname is used when the identification needs to be more precise - when the use of the forename alone is not sufficient. Family surnames aren't always handed down from parent to child, as we do today. Instead, most people adopt their surname when they leave home or become adult to distinguish themselves. Often, this will mean using a 'family' name, but there are many cases of children giving themselves an entirely new surname.

Surnames can be drawn from a variety of sources.

Place names: For example, Johann Dunkelberg, 'Johann from Dunkelberg'. Any of the various placenames mentioned in the Empire would be usable as a surname. The nobility often add 'von' or 'von der' before the placename, particularly in cases where the surname is part of a title.

Occupation: For example, Johann Schmidt, 'Johann the Smith'. This can become fossilised in use and it is quite common for a character to be known by the occupation of his or her parents or grandparents, whe he or she actually follows a quite different profession; so 'Johann the Smith' might actually be a carpenter or a boatman. Of course, if Johann wishes to be known as Johann Zimmermann (Johann the Carpenter) or Johann Bootmann (Johann the Boatman), there's nothing to stop him from changing his surname - he simply does it!

An English-German dictionary can be a very usefly source of names of this type. A few surname associated with common professions are listed below:

Baker	Bäcker
Blacksmith	Schmidt
Brewer	Brauer
Boatman	Bootmann
Builder	Baumeister or Bauer
Butcher	Fleischer
Carpenter	Zimmermann
Cobbler	Schuster
Cooper	Küfer
Engraver	Graveur
Farmer	Bauer
Glass Maker	Glaser
Hunter	Jäger
Jeweller	Juwelier
Merchant	Handler
Pedlar	Hausier
Potter	Topfer
Printer	Drucker
Scribe	Schreiber
Shipwright	Schiffbauer
Stonemason	Maurer
Tailor	Schneider
Tanner	Gerber

Nickname: For example, Johann Grosz, 'Johann the Fat'. If a character has a particularly noticeable physical trait which people use to refer to them, this might be used as their surname. Using the list of physical traits below together with an English-German dictionary can give you a wide range of descriptive surnames. Here are a few examples:

Large nose	Nase
Scar on face	Narbe
One eye	Einauge or Augenlos
One arm	Einarm or Armlos
Attractive face	Schön
Huge frame	Grosz or Stark
Big belly	Grosz
Bald	Kahl
Hairy	Haarig
Huge beard	Bart or Grossbart
Stooping	Bucker
Very tall	Lang
Very short	Kurz
Very skinny	Dunn
Pale-skinned	Blass or Bleich
Stutter	Stotter
Loud voice	Laut

Parent or Ancestor: For example, Johann Hanson, 'Johann, son of Hans'. Naming yourself after a famous parent or ancestor - real or imagined - is very common. Sigmarsson may be one of the most-used surnames in the Empire. This form of surname is particularly prevalent in the north of the Empire, possibly as a result of Norse contacts and influence. The form 'von' is sometimes used to imply a connection with a famous person - von der Magnus, for example.

With an English-German dictionary and a bit of imagination, you can come up with many more surnames for PCs and NPCs. The nobility will use 'von' more often than the lower classes, and the artisan classes - where one family has been in the same business for generations - will often take the name of their craft for their own. In general, surnames derived from placenames and nicknames will be most common amongst the peasantry and the urban lower classes. 'Hans Brandstadt', for example, won't be very effective as a name if Brandstadt has thousands of inhabitants and every fifth male is called Hans, while 'Lugwig Johannsson von Altdorf' is too grand-sounding to be a good name for a thief or beggar - a nickname like 'Flink' ('the nimble') would sound better.

Dwarfish Names

A Dwarf's full name consists of three elements: the forename or personal name, the surname, and the clan name. There is a complex Dwarf etiquette governing the use of names, but for most practical purposes, the more formal the circumstances, the more lengthy the name used. In certain circumstances, a Dwarf's standing in his craft also becomes part of his name.

So, for example, Master Jeweller Snorri Bardinsson of the Makhzad Clan would use his full name and title in a guild or hold ceremony. Those addressing him would call him by different names according to their relative status: superiors would call him Snorri Bardinson, while equals and inferiors would call him Master Snorri if they were also jewellers, or Master Jeweller Snorri, if they were from other craftguilds. When talking about him in the third person, his surname is always used.

Close friends, and relatives of the same generation, would just call him Snorri - relatives of older or younger generations would add a suffix such as Uncle, Nephew, Cousin or Grandfather, describing the nature of their relationship to him.

Forenames

Dwarfs follow a similar practice to humans, naming an infant at birth. Some names reflect tradition - in the Garkniz Clan of Karak-Hirn, for example, the first-born male of each generation is always named Gottri - while others commemorate a venerated clan ancestor or great hero. The generations immediately after the War of Vengeance, for example, saw a rise in the popularity of Gotrek as a forename, after the victorious king High King Gotrek Starbreaker. A few names are given to reflect the virtues that the parents hope their offspring will have; Gorm, for example, is associated with wisdom, Grim with prowess in battle, and Dwinbar with skill at craftsmanship.

D1000	Male Forenames
001-009	Alaric
010-018	Algrim
019-027	Alrik
028-037	Baragor
038-045	Bardin
046-053	Belegar
054-061	Bel(e)gol
062-070	Borgin
071-079	Borin
080-088	Bradni
089-098	Brogar
099-107	Brokk
108-115	Brond(l)
116-121	Bronn
122-129	Burlok
130-137	Cranneg
138-145	Darbli
146-153	Dargo
154-161	Dern
162-170	Dimrond
171-179	Dimzad
180-184	Dorin
185-188	Drong
189-200	Drumin
201-209	Durak
210-218	Duregar
219-227	Durgin
228-234	Dwinbar
235-239	Elmador
240-246	Enlag
247-253	Fenni
254-261	Fimbur
262-270	Finn
271-279	Furgil
280-288	Garil
289-300	Goddi
301-309	Gomrund
310-318	Gorazin
319-327	Gorim
328-337	Gorm
338-345	Gotrek
346-353	Gottri
354-361	Grim
362-370	Grimli
371-379	Grindol
380-390	Grom
391-400	Grond
401-409	Groth
410-418	Grum
419-427	Grumdin
428-437	Grundi
438-445	Grung
446-453	Grunni
454-461	Guttri
462-470	Haakon
471-479	Hadra
480-489	Harek
490-499	Hargin
500-507	Hargrim
508-512	Harok
513-518	Heganbor
519-527	Hergar
528-537	Hugnir
538-545	Hurgar
546-553	Kadri
554-561	Kadrin
562-570	Kallon
571-579	Kargun
580-589	Katalin
590-600	Kazadar
601-609	Kazgar
610-618	Kazran
619-627	Kazrik
628-637	Ketil
638-645	Kettri
646-653	Kragg
654-661	Krudd
662-670	Kurgan
671-679	Largs
680-689	Logan
690-700	Logazor
701-707	Lunn
708-718	Mendri
719-727	Mordin
728-737	Morek
738-753	Mundri
754-761	Norgrim
762-768	Oldor
769-775	Ragni
776-784	Rogni
785-790	Rorek
791-800	Rungni
801-812	Skag
813-820	Skaldor
821-830	Skalf
831-838	Skalli
839-844	Skorri
845-851	Sindri
852-860	Snorri
861-866	Stromni
867-874	Storri
875-882	Sundrim
883-890	Sven
891-900	Thingrim
901-909	Thori
910-920	Thrund
921-929	Thungni
930-936	Thurgrom
937-942	Thyk
943-950	Ulfar
951-957	Ulther
958-965	Vikram
966-972	Vragni
973-980	Yadri
981-988	Yanni
989-993	Yorri
994-000	Zamnil

D1000	Female Forenames
001-023	Alrika
024-046	Askima
047-070	Astrid
071-094	Berta
095-117	Boria
118-137	Breda
138-159	Brondra
160-183	Derna
184-200	Dorbi
201-221	Duree
222-242	Fenna
243-263	Freda
264-284	Friga
285-305	Gerta
306-328	Gottra
329-349	Grondi
350-363	Grunna
364-385	Harga
386-405	Helga
406-426	Helgar
427-451	Hunni
452-476	Kalea
477-500	Karelia
501-526	Karga
527-553	Karstin
554-579	Katrin
580-603	Kettra
604-611	Lakin
612-625	Lenka
626-646	Magda
647-667	Menni
668-688	Modra
689-709	Morga
710-730	Olka
731-751	Sifna
752-774	Sigrid
775-797	Sigrun
798-815	Skorina
816-828	Solveig
829-837	Sunni
838-844	Tarni
845-857	Tharma
858-876	Thindra
877-895	Thoda
896-916	Throlin
917-926	Trunni
927-937	Ulla
938-958	Vala
959-979	Valma
980-994	Vanyra
995-000	Zylra

Surnames

Dwarf surnames are based on the parent's name - the mother's name is used for girls, and the father's name for boys. Gotrek Gunnisson, for example, is Gotrek, the son of Gunni, while Katrin Sifnasdottir is Katrin, the daughter of Sifna. Orphans are raised by their nearest relatives, and their surname refelcts this: Thorri Yadrisnev - Thorri, the nephew of Yadri, was obviously raised at his uncle's hearth, and Sigrid Valasniz was raised by her aunt.

On the extremely rare occasions when a newborn Dwarf is a foundling of unknown descent, the surname Khazadson - "son of a Dwarf" - is used in formal circumstances; informally, the surname consists of the step-parent's name with the suffix -find, meaning "found by". In this way, Grim Khazadson, raised by Morek Skalfsson, uses the surname Moreksfind in everyday circumstances, to indicate which family he belongs to.

Nicknames

Many Dwarfs also have nicknames, derived from oustanding deeds or quirks of their personality or appearance. In less formal circumstances, a nickname may be used in place of the surname: Snorri Burnt-Thumb instead of Snorri Bardinson, commemorating the time as an apprentice when young Snorri absent-mindedly picked up a brooch blank that was still hot from casting. A Dwarf may not choose his own nickname; it must be given him by his master. This is one of the many reasons why Dwarfs take great care about what they do - no one wants to be stuck for life with an embarassing or unflattering nickname!

Male nicknames are often based on physcial appearance, strength, or martial prowess. Examples of these surnames include Greathammer, Stonefist, and Deadeye. Nicknames must be unique, as much as possible, since adopting the same nickname as an older Dwarf - especially a great king or hero - is regarded as presumptious, and an insult to the nickname's original bearer. The only exception to this rule is when the original bearer of the nickname gives it freely to the younger Dwarf. The nickname Stonehammer, for example, has been passed down through the Kings of Karak Ungor for generations, along with the great stone warhammer from which it derives. A Dwarf who is given a nickname in this way is responsible not only for his own honour, but also for the honour of the nickname and all its previous bearers; this is taken very seriously indeed.

Female nicknames are not so exclusive as male ones, and tend to be based on temperament as much as appearance and achievement. So many Dwarf maidens have been nicknamed "the Fair" or "the Beautiful" that these names have become debased by over-use, and have fallen out of currency in recent centuries. However, nicknames like Goldenhair, Sapphire-Eyes and Finehand are still popular, and even more lavish and flattering nicknames are given by suitors in the hope of winning a Dwarf maiden's heart. It is a sign of great favour when a Dwarf maiden accepts a nickname from a suitor.

Clan Names

Dwarf clan names were originally established in the same way as nicknames. They may have been the personal nickname of a founding ancestor, or they may be a nickname that was applied to the clan as a whole at or around the time of its founding. For example, tradition states that the ruling Durazklad or "Stone armour" clan of Karaz-a-Karak draws its name from an incident in the time of the Ancestor Gods, when Kargun Gormsson, unable to afford metal armour, used his stoneworking skills to make himself a helmet and breastplate of granite. The nickname that he gained from this feat became the name of the clan he founded, and his stone armour is still in the clan's vault at Karaz-a-Karak.

Elven Names

The Elves - being typically complicated - use a system of names with is almost incomprehensible to outsiders. The principle is to have a name which sounds beautiful (apparently the consonants 'l' and 'r' make particularly beautiful sounds) and which has a beautiful meaning. However, the meaning attached to a name is often whatever the name-bearer wants it to be. The Dwarfs delight in telling the story of an Elven Prince who insisted that his name was translatable as 'Far-Wisdom', but the words of which it consisted could also be translated as 'Belch Eyeballs'.

Elven names defy analysis. The use of one, two, or three names is equally common and each name is normally made up of two parts, each providing something to the overall meaning. Occasionally, an Elf who has taken to living in Human society will adopt one or more names which are from the Old Worlder tongue. Such names tend to express rural themes and continue the Elven tradition of something which sounds beautiful and expresses 'noble' feelings. Goldleaf, Dewgatherer, Airwarmth, and Greenlight are common such names.

The table below allows you to create more traditional Elven names; roll once for a prefix and then again for a suffix and blend the two parts together, adding or deleting extra letters to make an easily-pronounceable name. Both names come from the same stock of elements and there does not appear to be any distinction between 'forenames' and 'surnames' in Elven eyes. Some Elven names, particularly those of the little-seen Elven nobility, may have three elements (effectively they have two suffixes); this is rumoured to be a High Elf tradition, but it is not sure that even the Elves know this for certain.

There is very little difference, to non-Elves at least, between Elven male and female names. Dwarfs and some Humans gleefully contend that this is because there is very little difference between male and female Elves in all other respects. Names generated using the table above are suitable for Elves of either sex, although most names can be given an emphatic feminine form by removing the last consonant and/or adding a vowel to the end, hence Sarellian can become Sarellia or Sarelliane.

Roll 1: D100	Elven Prefix
01-03	Aes
04-05	Air
06-08	Al(d)
09-10	Am
11-12	Ang
13-14	Ca(l)
15-16	Car
17-18	Dol
19-20	Edri
21-22	Eldi(r)
23-24	Ell
25-26	Epon
27-29	Err
30-31	Fan
32-33	Far
34-36	Fil
37-38	Gal
39-40	Gil
41-43	Hal
44-45	Har
46-47	Has
48-49	Ilu
50-51	Im(ra)
52-53	Io
54-55	Lar
56-57	Laure(l)
58-60	Lin
61-63	Lor
64-66	Lora(l)
67-68	Mal
69-70	Mar
71-72	Mor
73-74	Orr
75-77	Pel
78-79	Ral
80-81	Shas
82-84	Sir
85-86	Tall(a)
87-88	Ter
89-90	Tor
91-92	Ullia(l)
93-94	Urdi(th)
95-96	Val
97-98	Vir
99-00	Yav(a)

Roll 2: D100	Elven Suffix
01-03	alion
04-05	andar(a)
06-08	andil(e)
09-10	andilas
11-12	andiril
13-14	ane
15-16	anel
17-18	arel
19-20	err
21-22	avandrel
23-24	core(l)
25-26	coran(na)
27-29	dil
30-31	drigar
32-33	elliion
34-36	endil
37-38	fan(a)
39-40	far
41-43	galiel
44-45	gran(a)
46-47	hal(i)
48-49	hil(e)
50-51	holen
52-53	huir
54-55	ia(n)
56-57	ina(l)
58-60	inde(l)
61-63	irllan
64-66	lad
67-68	liana(n)
69-70	lor
71-72	mal
73-74	maris
75-77	mir
78-79	mor
80-81	nor
82-84	oth
85-86	ras
87-88	riel
89-90	rond
91-92	thin
93-94	thol
95-96	uviel
97-98	wen
99-00	wine

Halfling Names

Forenames

Being the most Humanised of the non-human races, Halflings often use names which are largely recognisable as being in Old Worlder. The Halflings of the Moot use those Imperial names which they find pleasing. Although they love long and grand-sounding names for their genealogies, they also like a name which can be shortened comfortably for everyday use. Names like Maximillian - shortening to Max, Ludwig - shortening to Ludo, Thomas, Hugo, Adam, Albert, Agnes, Eva, and Frida are all common among Halflings. Essentially, if a Human name has a 'cosy' sound (or, better yet, sounds vaguely grand and has a cosy-sounding abbreviation), it will appeal to the Halflings.

The use of nicknames and pet-names is also common; a Halfling will always have a 'proper' forename for use in family trees and so on, but Heironymus Greenhill may be known as Hiro or even Scrumper to his friends and non-Halflings might know him by that name for years without finding out his 'proper' name.

Surnames

Halflings prefer distinctive and cosy-sounding surnames and, if two Halflings have the same surname, then they are definitely related somehow. It may take several dozen generations (and a like number of fruit pies and spiced ales) to trace their connection, but it will definitely be there and they will find it in the end. Names like Haleberry, Greenhill, Furfoot, Hayfoot, Greendale, Warmfeet, and Brandysnap are common and show off the Halflings' love of food and drink and their pride in their hairy feet.

Gnomes

Gnomes are similar in most regards to Dwarfs.

Weight

The following tables can be used to generate a character's weight. Roll on Weight Table 1 to determine a character's build and apply any modifiers to the roll on Weight Table 2. Consult Weight Table 3 to determine whether there are any further modifiers owing to the character's height. Weight Table 4 is optional; it can be used if you wish to make female characters generally lighter than males. Finally, Weight Table 5 can be used as an option, to reflect how the weight of entremely fat or thin characters affects their profiles.

Weight Table 1: Build

D6	Human	Dwarf	Elf	Halfling	Gnome
1	puny	light	puny	light	light
2	light	average	light	average	average
3	average	average	light	average	average
4	average	heavy	average	heavy	heavy
5	heavy	heavy	average	massive	heavy
6	massive	massive	average	massive	massive

• Puny characters must subtract 20 from their roll on Weight Table 2 and subtract 2D10 lbs from their final weight.
• Light characters must subtract 10 from their roll on Weight Table 2.
• Average characters have no modifier.
• Heavy characters add 10 to their roll on Weight Table 2.
• Massive characters add 20 to their roll on Weight Table 2 and add 2D10 to their final weight.

Weight Table 2: Base Weight (in lbs)

D100	Human	Dwarf	Elf	Halfling	Gnome
01	105	90	80	75	75
02-03	110	95	85	75	80
04-05	115	100	90	80	85
06-08	120	105	95	80	90
09-12	125	110	100	85	90
13-17	130	115	100	85	95
18-22	135	120	105	90	100
23-29	140	125	110	90	100
30-37	145	130	115	95	105
38-49	150	135	120	100	110
50-64	155	140	120	100	110
65-71	160	145	125	105	115
72-78	165	150	130	110	120
79-83	170	155	135	115	120
84-88	175	160	140	120	125
89-92	180	165	140	125	130
93-95	190	170	145	130	130
96-97	200	175	150	135	135
98-99	210	180	155	140	140
00	220	185	160	145	155

Weight Table 3: Height Modifier (in lbs)

Height	Human	Dwarf	Elf	Halfling	Gnome
3' 3" or less	-	-	-	-D10	-
3' 4" - 3' 6"	-	-	-	-D6	-D10
3' 7" - 4' 0"	-	-	-	0	0
4' 1" - 4' 3"	-	-	-	+D6	0
4' 4" - 4' 6"	-	-2D10	-	+D10	+D10
4' 7" - 4' 8"	-	0	-	-	-
4' 9" - 5' 3"	-2D10	+2D10	-	-	-
5' 4" - 5' 6"	-D20	-	-D20	-	-
5' 7" - 5' 8"	-D10	-	-D10	-	-
5' 9" - 5' 11"	0	-	0	-	-
6' 0" - 6' 2"	+D10	-	+D10	-	-
6' 3" - 6' 5"	+D20	-	+D20	-	-
6' 6" or more	+2D10	-	-	-	-

Weight Table 4: Gender Modifier (in lbs; Optional)

Weight Table 1 assumes a male character; for female characters, apply the following additional modifiers.

D6	Human	Dwarf	Elf	Halfling	Gnome
1	-2D10	-	-	-D20	-D20
2	-D20	-2D10	-	-D10	-D10
3-4	-1D10	-D20	-	-D6	-D6
5	-D6	-D10	-	-	-
6	-	-D6	-	+D6	-

Weight Table 5: Characteristics Modifiers (Optional)

If a character is a lot heavier or lighter than average, the GM may optionally impose some modifiers to the character's profile. To find out whether a character is seriously overweight or underweight, look up the final weight on the appropriate column of the Weight Table 2 and refer back to the dice roll column. A character is overweight if the final weight corrosponds to a dice roll of 96 or more and underweight if the final weight corrosponds to a dice roll of 05 or less. Thus, a Human character weighing 200 lbs or more is overweight and a Human character weighing 115 lbs or less is underweight.

Profile adjustments may be generated using the following table:

D6	Overweight	Underweight
1-2	T +1	T -1
3-4	T +1, I -10	T -1, I +10
5-6	T +1, I -10, M -1	T -1, I +10, M +1

Hair Colour

Use the table below to generate characters' hair colour.

Notes:

1. Dwarfs and Elves often dye their hair; this table only gives the base colour.
2. Not necessarily the original colour. For older characters (Humans of 35+, Dwarfs of 90+, Elves of 100+, Halflings of 70+, Gnomes of 80+), players can make two rolls. The first is the 'natural' hair colour. The second, if the result is white, shows that the hair has turned grey or white with age.

This table is based on the normal colours for characters from the Empire, the Wasteland, Bretonnia, Albion, and Kislev. If the character was born anywhere else, some modifiers should be allowed. Norse Dwarfs and Humans, for example, could roll 3D20, while Tileans or Estalians might roll 3D10+70, and characters from Araby might roll D6+94.

D100	Human	Dwarf1	Elf1	Halfling	Gnome
01-05	White2	White2	White2	White2	White2
06-10	White2	White2	Silver	Ash-blond	White2
11-15	Silver	Ash-blond	Silver	Ash-blond	Ash-blond
16-20	Silver	Ash-blond	Ash-blond	Corn	Ash-blond
21-25	Ash-blond	Corn	Ash-blond	Corn	Corn
26-30	Corn	Yellow	Corn	Corn	Yellow
31-35	Corn	Yellow	Corn	Yellow	Yellow
36-40	Corn	Red	Yellow	Yellow	Copper
41-45	Yellow	Red	Yellow	Copper	Copper
46-50	Copper	Copper	Copper	Red	Red
51-55	Copper	Copper	Light Brown	Light Brown	Red
56-60	Red	Light Brown	Light Brown	Light Brown	Light Brown
61-65	Light Brown	Light Brown	Med. Brown	Light Brown	Light Brown
66-70	Light Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown
71-75	Med. Brown	Med. Brown	Dark Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown
76-80	Med. Brown	Med. Brown	Dark Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown
81-85	Dark Brown	Dark Brown	Sienna	Dark Brown	Dark Brown
86-90	Dark Brown	Dark Brown	Blue-black	Dark Brown	Dark Brown
91-95	Sienna	Blue-black	Black	Sienna	Blue-black
96-00	Black	Jet Black	Black	Jet Black	Jet Black

Eye Colour

Use the following table to generate characters' eye colour.

This table is based on the normal colours for characters from the Empire and holds good for the Wasteland, Bretonnia, Albion, and Kislev as well. If the character was born anywhere else, some modifiers should be allowed. Norse Dwarfs and Humans, for example, could roll 2D20 or 3D20 to get the result, while Tileans, Estalians, and Arabs might roll 3D10+70 or even D10+90.

Players might also wish to disallow certain hair/eye colour combinations, if a bizarre mix is going to jar their sensibilities. It is probably best to generate hair colour first and re-roll any eye colour rolls that don't suit. As an option, you might allow a character a 1% chance of having eyes of different colours; while this will make the character interesting and instantly recognisable, it might be taken in some quarters as the mark of Chaos...

D100	Human	Dwarf / Gnome	Elf	Halfling
01-05	Grey	Pale Grey	Pale Grey	Pale Grey
06-10	Pale Grey	Pale Grey	Grey-blue	Blue
11-15	Grey-blue	Blue	Grey-blue	Blue
16-20	Grey-blue	Blue	Blue	Hazel
21-25	Blue	Hazel	Blue	Hazel
26-30	Blue	Light Brown	Green	Hazel
31-35	Blue	Light Brown	Green	Light Brown
36-40	Green	Light Brown	Light Brown	Light Brown
41-45	Hazel	Light Brown	Light Brown	Copper
46-50	Hazel	Copper	Copper	Med. Brown
51-55	Light Brown	Copper	Med. Brown	Med. Brown
56-60	Light Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown
61-65	Light Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown
66-70	Light Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown	Med. Brown
71-75	Med. Brown	Med. Brown	Dark Brown	Med. Brown
76-80	Med. Brown	Med. Brown	Dark Brown	Med. Brown
81-85	Med. Brown	Dark Brown	Silver	Dark Brown
86-90	Dark Brown	Dark Brown	Blue-Purple	Dark Brown
91-95	Dark Brown	Blue-Purple	Silver-Green	Dark Brown
96-00	Purple	Purple	Black	Dark Brown

Distinguishing Characteristics

The table below gives certain peculiarities and physical traits which can form the basis of a character description. Some of them have suggested modifiers. GMs may use these modifiers for NPCs if desired and may even apply them to player characters, if they are sure players will accept bad rolls as well as good. Most characters will have D6-2 Distinguishing Characteristics. (Treat 0 or less as 0.)

D100	Characteristic	Effect
01-02	Large nose
03-05	Flat nose
06-07	Hook nose
08-10	Scar on face	-10 Fel
11-12	One eye	BS x½
13-15	One arm	-10 Dex
16-17	Charismatic eyes	+10 Fel
18-20	Attractive face	+10 Fel
21-22	Huge frame	+10% Weight
23-25	Big belly	+10% Weight
26-27	Limp	-1 M (min. 2)
28-30	Bald
31-32	Very long hair
33-35	Curly hair
36-37	Excessively hairy
38-40	Long beard
41-42	Very short hair
43-45	Stooping
46-47	Barrel-chested	+1 S
48-50	Very tall	+10 Ld
51-52	Very short	-1 M; -10% Weight
53-55	Very skinny	-10% Weight
56-57	Pale-skinned
58-60	Scarred skin	-10 Fel
61-62	Sneer	-5 Fel
63-65	Haughty expression	-5 Fel; +5 Ld
66-67	Broken teeth	-10 Fel
68-70	Very white teeth	+5 Fel
71-72	Lisp	-10 Fel
73-75	Stutter	-10 to tests on communication skills
76-77	Very clear voice	+5 to tests on communication skills
78-80	Strong accent	-5 to tests on communication skills
81-82	Loud voice	+5 Ld; -5 Fel
83-85	Bushy eyebrows
86-87	Big ears
88-90	Moustache
91-92	Birthmark
93-95	Short legs	-1 M (min. 2)
96-97	Rough hands	-10 Dex
98-00	Long nails

Place Of Birth

The following list of places gives some guide as to the likely birth-places of characters beginning their adventuring careers in the Empire - specifically around Altdorf, although the table can be adjusted as required for adventurers starting in any other part of the Empire.

It is assumed that few characters will have travelled far to get to this point and, therefore, that foreigners will be rare. PCs ought to come from the Empire, unless the GM has a strong reason for deciding otherwise. If an NPC comes from a part of the Old World which has not been sufficiently detailed, the GM can be vague about his or her origins - it wouldn't be anywhere the Player Characters would have heard of anyway. Maps of The Empire will likely show the locations of the places listed on the tables.

Humans

Use Origins Table 1 and, if necessary, Origins Table 2 to determine where Human characters come from.

Origins Table 1: The Empire

D100	Origin
01-25	Altdorf (urban)
26-50	Altdorf (rural) 01-06 Teufelfeuer 07-11 Rechtlich 12-17 Heiligen 18-23 Gluckshalt 24-29 Hartsklein 30-35 Schlafebild 36-41 Hochloff 42-47 Rottefach 48-53 Walfen 54-59 Furtild 60-65 Grossbad 66-71 Bundesmarkt 72-77 Brauenwurt 78-83 Dorchen 84-89 Geldrecht 90-95 Kaldach 96-00 Autler
51-54	Grunburg 01-50 Grunburg 51-62 Aussen 63-70 Silberwurt 71-85 Kleindorf 86-00 Hornlach
55-59	Auerswald 01-50 Auerswald 51-60 Dresschler 61-70 Gladisch 71-80 Koch 81-90 Sprinthof 91-00 Steche
60-63	Delberz 01-55 Delberz 56-70 Mittelmund 71-85 Schwarzmarkt 86-00 Turmgever
64-67	Dunkelburg 01-58 Dunkelburg 59-65 Barfsheim 66-72 Gemusenbad 73-78 Harke 79-85 Ruhfurt 86-92 Schattental 93-00 Steindorf
68-71	Carroburg 01-50 Carroburg 51-60 Anseldorf 61-70 Dunkelbild 71-80 Punzen 81-90 Schattenlas 91-00 Weidemarkt
72-74	Schoppendorf 01-50 Schoppendorf 51-60 Brasthof 61-70 Esselfurt 71-80 Priestlicheim 81-90 Ripdorf 91-00 Zeder
75-77	Stimmigen 01-60 Stimmigen 61-70 Merretheim 71-80 Misthausen 81-90 Naffdorf 91-00 Pfeiffer
78	Blutroch
79	Weissbruck
80	Bogenhafen 01-50 Bogenhafen 51-62 Finsterbad 63-75 Ardlich 76-88 Herzhald 89-00 Grubevon
81-83	Kemperbad 01-50 Kemperbad 51-60 Berghof 61-70 Brandenburg 71-80 Jungbach 81-90 Ostwald 91-00 Stockhausen
84-86	Ubersreik 01-50 Ubersreik 51-57 Buchedorf 58-64 Flussberg 65-71 Geissbach 72-88 Halheim 89-95 Messingen 96-00 Wurfel
87-88	Marienburg
89-90	Nuln 01-60 Nuln 61-80 Wissenburg 81-00 Pfeildorf
91	Averheim
92	Streissen
93	Wurtbad
94	Talabheim
95	Middenheim 01-60 Middenheim 61-80 Bergsburg 81-00 Salzenmund
96-00	Foreigner: roll on Origins Table 2

Origins Table 2: Outside The Empire

D100	Origin
01-25	Bretonnia 01-12 L'Anguille 13-24 Bordeleaux 25-36 Brionne 37-48 Couronne 49-62 Gisoreux 63-74 Mousillon 75-88 Parravon 89-00 Quenelles
26-45	Kislev 01-25 Erengrad 26-75 Kislev 76-00 Praag
46-70	Estalia 01-50 Bilbali 51-00 Magritta
71-90	Tilea 01-20 Luccini 21-40 Miragliano 41-60 Remas 61-80 Sartosa 81-00 Tobaro
91-98	Border Princes
99-00	'Outworlder' 01-20 Norsca 21-45 Araby 46-70 Albion 71-85 Southlands 86-00 E. Steppes

Dwarfs

By and large, Dwarfs will be from the same kind of places as Humans; the kind of Dwarf who becomes an adventurer is going to have been reasonably 'humanised' anyway.

Place Of Birth

Players wishing to create a Dwarf adventurer may roll on the Dwarf Origin Table or, at the GM's discretion, they may choose a birthplace for their character. Alternatively, the GM may reserve the right to assign a birthplace to a newly created Dwarf character, if it is in the interests of the campaign to do so.

The table is heavily weighted in favour of Expatriate Dwarfs, since they form the majority of the Old World's Dwarfen adventurers; in the more traditional culture of the Dwarfholds, duty to clan, hold and crafsguild prevent all but a few Dwarfs from leaving to take up an adventuring life.

Dwarf Origins Table

D100	Origin
01-03	Border Princes
04	Bretonnia
05-66	The Empire
67-68	Kislev
69	Tilea
70-75	The Wasteland
76-80	Norsca
81-84	Black Mountains
85-92	Grey Mountains
93-95	The Vaults
96-00	Worlds Edge Mountains

Dwarf Settlement Tables

Border Princes
01-30	Barak Varr
31-00	Human settlements

Bretonnia
01-40	Parravon
41-00	Nearby villages

Tilea
01-30	Campogrotta
31-60	Toscania
61-00	Nearby villages

The Wasteland
01-90	Marienburg
91-00	Other Wasteland towns

Norsca
01-35	Kraka Dorden
36-60	Kraka Drak
61-75	Kraka Ornsmotek
76-90	Kraka Ravnsvake
91-00	Human settlements

Black Mountains
01-20	Karak Hirn
21-00	Other Black Mountain settlements

Grey Mountains
01-35	Karak Norn
36-00	Other Grey Mountain settlements

The Vaults
01-15	Karak Izor
16-00	Other Vaults settlements

Worlds Edge Mountains
01-10	Karak Kadrin
11-15	Karaz-a-Karak
16-20	Zhufbar
21-60	Other Northern Dwarf settlement
61-65	Karak Azul
66-70	Karak Eight Peaks
71-00	Other Southern Dwarf settlements

The Empire
01-15	Altdorf (urban)
16-20	Altdorf (rural) villages
21-25	Averland towns 01-15 Agbetten 16-50 Averheim 51-60 Hochelben 61-70 Loningbruck 71-85 Streissen 86-00 Other Averland villages
26	Hochland (Bergsburg)
27-30	Middenheim (urban)
31	Middenheim (rural) villages
32-33	Middenland towns 01-50 Carroburg 51-75 Delberz 76-00 Schoppendorf
34	Nordland towns 01-50 Beeckerhoven 51-00 Salzenmund
35-45	Nuln (urban)
46-48	Nuln (rural) villages
49	Ostermark towns 01-60 Bechafen 61-00 Other Ostermark villages
50-51	Ostland towns 01-35 Ferlangen 36-00 Wolfenburg
52-70	Reikland towns 01-13 Auerswald 14-30 Bögenhafen 31-42 Dunkelburg 43-50 Grunberg 51-60 Helmgart 61-75 Kemperbad 76-80 Stimmigen 81-90 Ubersreik 91-00 Weissbruck
71-78	Stirland towns 01-30 Krugenheim 31-70 Wurtbad 71-00 Other Stirland villages
79-83	Sudenland towns 01-35 Pfeildorf 36-60 Wuppertal 61-00 Other Sudenland villages
84	Talabecland towns 01-65 Hergig 66-00 Volgen
85-86	Talabheim (urban)
87	Talabheim (rural) villages
88-00	Wissenland towns 01-15 Grissenwald 16-30 Kreutzhofen 31-65 Wissenburg 66-85 Wusterburg 86-00 Other Wissenland villages

Kislev
01-35	Erengrad
36-60	Kislev
61-00	Villages near Imperial border

Elves

Elves do not normally come from the same loctions as the other races. Since Player Characters should only be Wood Elves, the potential locations are very limited. Also, Elves do not freely talk about their homelands for fear that this information would be used by an enemy. Therefore, most Elves talk of their home as being 'The Forest'; if pressed - and if they trust the questioner with the information - they might nominate the particular forest, but they will not divulge the name of the actual settlement.

If an Elven placename is important to you, then use the table given earlier for generating Elven names, following the pattern 'Prefix-PrefixSuffix'. The resulting name may be hyphenated if you wish (as in Terr-Edririel, Far-Farcoral, or Ullialor-Galiel).

To generate the Forest-homeland randomly, use the following table:

D100	Homeland
01-10	Drak Wald Forest
11-25	The Great Forest
26-35	Reikwald
36-75	Laurelorn
76-80	The Mirror Moors
81-95	Athel-Loren
96-00	Bois Delouere (Bretonnia)

Halflings

Halflings are very well integrated into Human society and may be found almost anywhere where Humans settle. However, the importance of the Moot as the Halfling homeland must not be overlooked. Roll on the following table to determine the origins of a Halfling character.

D100	Origin
01-59	The Moot
60-00	Roll on Origins Table 1

Gnomes

Almost all Gnomes will be from the main Gnomish community of Glimdwarrow. Those few not from this or one of the minor Gnomish settlements would be from one of the Human settlements.

Family Background

It might be important to know a character's family background; at least, it always helps characterise a PC. The information and methods in this section are all optional, especially where PCs are concerned. As GM, you should feel free to ignore or amend any results you don't feel comfortable with.

Brothers and Sisters

Character Race	No. of Siblings	Age Difference
Human	D6-11	3D4-3
Elf	D6-1	3D10
Dwarf	D4-2	2D20
Halfling	2D4-22	2D6-2
Gnome	D4-1	2D10

Notes

1. If the die roll is 6, roll again and add 4.
2. If either die rolls 4, roll again and add 3. If both dice roll 4, roll both again and add 6.

Each sibling has an equal chance of being male or female (except for Dwarfs; each sibling has a 25% chance of being female) and an equal chance of being younger or older than the character. When the age difference is 0, there is a 20% chance that the character is a twin (or triplet, or whatever). Twins, triplets, and other multiple births have a 10% chance of being identical. (With Dwarfs, an age difference of 2 gives a 5% chance that the same-sex sibling is actually the character's twin; identical twins are rare in Dwarfs, and fraternal twins are all but unknown.)

Parents

Roll a D100 and consult the following table to see if the character's parents are still living:

D100	Parental status
01-25	both parents living
26-45	father dead
46-60	mother dead
61-00	both parents dead

The older a character is, the more likely it will be that the parents have died. Modify the roll as follows:

• Human: Add 10% for each full 10 years over 20
• Elf: Add 20% for each full 20 years over 160
• Dwarf: Add 10% for each full 20 years over 120
• Halfling: Add 10% for each full 10 years over 50
• Gnome: Add 20% for each full 20 years over 100

Check the following list and roll the relevant dice to determine the age of surviving parents:

• Human: 15 + D6 years older than the oldest child
• Elf: 60 + D20 years older than the oldest child
• Dwarf: 60 + 2D10 years older than the oldest child (father); 30 + 2D10 years older than the oldest child (mother)
• Halfling: 30 + D10 years older than the oldest child
• Gnome: 35 + 2D6 years older than the oldest child

If both parents are dead, roll a D100. On a roll of 95-99, the character was an orhpan, raised by relatives. On a roll of 00, the character was a foundling.

Spouses and Children

Consult the following table to see if the character has a family of his or her own (female Dwarfs add 30 to their age):

Age	Human	Elf	Dwarf	Halfling	Gnome
16-20	30%/25%	-	-	-	-
21-30	60%/55%	-	-	-	-
31-40	80%/75%	-	-	20%/15%	-
41-50	65%/80%	-	-	20%/15%	15%/10%
51-60	40%/75%	10%/5%	-	50%/45%	25%/15%
61-70	20%/60%	25%/15%	5%/2%	65%/60%	45%/30%
71-80	10%/40%	40%/25%	10%/5%	80%/75%	60%/40%
81-90	5%/20%	60%/35%	20%/10%	80%/75%	70%/45%
91-100	-	70%/40%	30%/15%	80%/80%	80%/50%
101-110	-	80%/45%	40%/20%	80%/80%	85%/55%
111-120	-	85%/50%	50%/25%	75%/80%	80%/60%
121-130	-	90%/55%	60%/30%	65%/75%	75%/65%
131-140	-	90%/60%	60%/35%	55%/70%	70%/70%
141-150	-	95%/65%	50%/30%	30%/50%	60%/75%
151-160	-	95%/70%	40%/25%	5%/25%	50%/70%
161-170	-	95%/75%	30%/20%	-	30%/65%
171-180	-	95%/80%	20%/15%	-	5%/35%
181-190	-	95%/85%	10%/10%	-	-
191-200	-	85%/90%	5%/5%	-	-
201-210	-	55%/95%	-	-	-
211-220	-	30%/95%	-	-	-

The number before the slash is the percentage chance that the character has a surviving spouse; the number after the slash is the percentage chance that the character has surviving children.

Generate the number of children using the Brothers and Sisters chart above. The eldest child's age can be found by following the guidelines for generating parents' ages above, taking the character's age as the parent's age and working backwards.

If you feel like it, you can generate in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins, and heaven knows what else for several dozen generations with this technique; Halflings in particular are very fond of genealogy, but a good spread of relatives can provide a rich depth of background (and who knows, occasional material assistance) for any character.

The options above are only going to be used where you want to flesh out a PC's background or develop some ideas about an NPC. Obviously, you will have to sort out any anomalies. But even anomalies can give you insight: consider a 22-year-old male Human, his mother dead, no sisters, no wife - and with 4 kids, the eldest of whom is just one year old. None of the children turn out to be twins, so maybe they are all illegitimate or the man keeps a harem. And maybe this tells you that he has a complete disregard for women, he uses them for pleasure, but has no serious contact with them. What price his two little daughters? And how will a character like that react to a female PC?

Family Occupation

You can also create careers for the character's family (separate ones for each, if you prefer) by following the notes on creating NPCs. This will tell you the Career Class, final career, and career path of the character's parents and siblings.

Use this information to give extra colour to your characters - perhaps mother was a Wizard, even though father was nothing more than a simple Entertainer. Or it might lead to a Roadwarden who is the brother of a Poacher! Coming up with stories to explain that can not only create more interesting characters, but can also give you ideas for adventures.

You might even like to determine occupations for any siblings or other relatives, if you wish - if one parent was an Artisan, at least one child will probably follow into the family business, but otherwise you have a free choice.

Dwarf Family/Clan Occupation

As Dwarf clans (except for some Expatriates) are matrilineal, a Dwarf normally follows the same craft as his mother's clan, which is the same as that of the character. There is a 75% chance that a Dwarf's father will belong to the same craftguild. For the 25% of fathers who are different, use the Basic Career Tables to determine the starting basic career of the father and his clan.

Expatriate Dwarfs do not follow the same strict traditions regarding clans and crafts. The starting basic careers of an Expatriate Dwarf's family may vary widely, and if required, they can be determined using the Basic Career Tables.