#NPC Personality Generator (人物性格表)

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Roll d10 twice to improvise an NPC personality. First roll = outward face, second roll = inner nature.

#Outward Face (Visible Demeanor, d10)

d10	Outward Face	Impression
1	Taciturn	Speaks little. Talks with the eyes.
2	Boisterous	Laughs loudly and eats heartily. The area gets noisy.
3	Courteous	Polite and respectful. Always bows the head.
4	Cold-Headed	Seems to have no emotion. Logical.
5	Cowardly	Avoids eye contact, voice small. But —
6	Rough	Harsh words and large gestures. Intimidating.
7	Suspicious	Eyes wander, and the words seem mixed with lies.
8	Compassionate	Always smiles. Tends to the injured first.
9	Fanatical	Obsessed with something. Swords, drink, yoma, or —
10	Mysterious	An unknowable air. Hard to tell if this person is human.

d10	Inner Nature	Truth
1	Loyal	Once trust is given, it lasts to the end. Does not betray.
2	Ambitious	Wants a higher place. Uses whatever can be used.
3	Afraid	Fears something. Yoma, death, or the self.
4	Grudge	Revenge against someone drives everything.
5	Pure	Unlike the outward face, surprisingly pure.
6	Double-Faced	Two faces. Even the NPC does not know which is real.
7	Despairing	Has already given up. Does not know why they live.
8	Duty-Bound	Always repays debts of gratitude. Will not die indebted.
9	Secretive	Hides something. If it is revealed, everything changes.
10	Changing	Changing through encounters. The players decide the direction of that change.

Combination	NPC
Taciturn(1) + Grudge(4)	A ronin silently sharpening a blade. Looking for someone.
Boisterous(2) + Afraid(3)	Laughs loudly, but suffers nightmares at night.
Courteous(3) + Ambitious(2)	A polite scholar. Yet dreams of all under heaven.
Cowardly(5) + Pure(5)	An apothecary who helps people even with trembling hands.
Mysterious(10) + Secretive(9)	A wandering monk who came to the village. Actually hanyo.

If the NPC's faction is set, add a faction-specific personality trait from the table below.

d10	Kagura Domain	Hiei League	Sakai Guild	Enryokan	Ikko-ikki
1	Unconditional obedience	Devout prayer	Master of ledgers	Sympathy for yoma	Farm tools as weapons
2	Battlefield trauma	Hatred of heresy	Involved in black-market trade	Hanyo bloodline	Large family
3	Obsessed with honor	Gave up alcohol	Hounded by debt	Can speak yoma language	Sings
4	Worries about subordinates	Scars from fighting yoma	Collects exotic goods	Distrusts humans	Illiterate, but
5	Gives names to swords	Recites sutras	Knows the price anywhere	Sees yoma in dreams	Respects elders
6	Hometown burned	At risk of expulsion	Has multiple names	Grows herbs	The village is home
7	Wants to be samurai	Cries at night	Deceives with a smile	Treated a yoma	Thanks the earth
8	Knows someone's last words	Can see Barriers	Always haggles	Feels Spirit Realm vibrations	Hates fighting
9	Roll of the war dead	Secret doctrine	Weak to bribes	Carries a yoma gift	Strong faith
10	Loyal to/questions Nobutsuna	Respects/fears Rennyo	Tied to Ebisuya	Follows Yoshihiko	Believes in Honganji

d10	Fuma Band	Kunitomo Guild	Shuten Mountain	Biu Mountain	Muhyeon Band
1	Follows only orders	Obsessed with diagrams	Loves drink	Obsessed with beauty	Knows the wind
2	Has no face	Smells of oil	Wants to eat humans	Perfect disguise	Likes high places
3	A comrade died	Builds new weapons	Fighting is play	Has lived 300 years	Arrogant
4	Dreams of escape	Explains at length	Might makes right	Was once human	Likes judgment
5	Identifies poisons	Speaks in numbers	Misses human alcohol	Loved someone	Blade-like temperament
6	Secret signals	Loves explosions	Afraid of subordinates	Enjoys betrayal	Lost once
7	Hides the past	Sees comrades as machines	Considers human alliance	Wants to go home	Despises humans
8	Collects kunai	Emotion in the clockwork?	Shares food	Has lingering attachment	Recites poetry
9	From Iga/Koga	Dreams of invention	Follows the strong	Dreams of revenge	Follows Sojobo
10	Loyal to/betrays Hanzo	Respects Kunitomo	Waits for Shuten-doji	Follows Tamamo-no-Mae	For tengu judgment

Combination Examples:

Taciturn(1) + Grudge(4) + Kagura Domain "Hometown burned"(6): A Kagura Domain warrior silently sharpening a blade. Their home village was burned by yoma, and their yoma-hunting is steeped in grudge.
Boisterous(2) + Pure(5) + Shuten Mountain "Misses human alcohol"(5): A loudly laughing ko-oni. Drinking human alcohol puts them in a good mood. Unexpectedly pure, so negotiation works.
Mysterious(10) + Secretive(9) + Biu Mountain "Has lived 300 years"(3): A wandering apothecary. Actually a 300-year-old yoko. Belongs to Biu Mountain, but is considering leaving.

An NPC is not data, but a person. Two dice begin one person's story. A third die decides that person's world.