20 Characters for Urban Adventures

These characters can be used in any urban setting but they were created with the great city of Old Meyoss in mind. So, the language(s) each of them can speak are given. If you are running a game in a one-language city, you can ignore that. If you have several languages and cultures in your city but they are not the Shan, Chop and Mothi of Old Meyoss, you can use the notes on language as a general guideline. I don’t envisage a city with fantasy adventures as a utopia, not even a utopia with monsters. There is plenty to struggle against in Old Meyoss and other people are often the major problem.

I randomized the social status of the characters, which led to differences in wealth and equipment. The notes about the number of brothers and sisters in the character’s family is there because some of the players might want to use it as a guide to the character’s personality. Otherwise, it can be ignored. The cash on hand listed for each character is the amount that the character has after acquiring the listed equipment. It can be used to purchase whatever the player decides that the character needs and want.

These characters can replace or augment the characters provided in the back of Is Someone Summoning Demons on Third Street? and our second urban adventure What the Hell is Under Third Street. However, you, the GM, might want to use my forthcoming Urban Encounter Tables and their own imaginations to provide your players with unlimited urban adventures.

I recently ran an adventure where the players rolled D20s and took the characters that resulted and we ran through the neighborhoods of the city, using the random tables. The characters we wound up with were #s 19, 15, 10, 14, and 20. We didn’t balance the party or the encounters and the characters had some major conflicts with one another, but it was a hoot. I may base my next urban module on it.

Your GM may decide that one of the realities of city life is that lugging around polearms, missile weapons and shields and wearing armor is not only inconvenient for everyday life but would attract attention from the constabulary, if there is any.